Chaos as singing protesters take over town council meeting in blue district

An activist dressed up as a purple bong and another protester singing songs derailed a New Jersey city council meeting, TMZ reported Thursday.

During public comment at the Cranford Township meeting Tuesday, a man who called himself "Bongholeo," dressed up as the smoking apparatus and carried a car seat with his son "Bongholito." He sang along to the tune of Lizzo's hit song "It's About Damn Time," but instead inserted his own lyrics: "It's big bong o'clock, yeah, it's hit 30." He walked away from the podium when he was finished.

It wasn't his first time at a city council meeting, and in 2024 he got kicked out of an Edison council meeting, TMZ reported.

Another protester carried a sign that said "refuse govt. abuse," walked up to the podium after "Bongholeo," sang a melody and talked about how party leaders were abusing their power. Then he started to sing again.

"Turn off your sound system," one of the local officials said. "Your time has expired, turn off the sound system."

He refused to give up the microphone at the podium and said: "My time is not up!" The local government moved to recess.

When they reconvened, yelling continued.