Sacha Baron Cohen Crashes Far-Right Rally and Dupes Attendees with Racist Singalong – IndieWire

Sacha Baron Cohens career is built upon the art of trolling, from posing as a Kazakh journalist in Borat to getting Paula Abdul to sit on Mexican chair-people in Brno and, finally, the overall madness of his politically incorrect Showtime series Who Is America? And on Saturday, Cohen reportedly infiltrated a far-right rally in Olympia, Washington, posing onstage as a sponsor of the event and performing a song with racially charged lyrics to get the crowd to sing along. Watch the video below.

Disguised as a PAC out of Southern California, paid for the stage setup and musical entertainment. Came on stage disguised as the lead singer of the last band, singing a bunch of racist, hateful, disgusting shit, Yelm City Councilman James Connor Blair wrote on Facebook following the event. His security blocked event organizers from getting him off the stage or pulling power from the generator. After the crowd realized what he was saying, and turned on him, his security then rushed the stage and evacuated them to a waiting private ambulance that was contracted to be their escape transport.

The event was a downtown March for Our Rights 3 rally organized by the Washington Three Percenters, a far-right militia group known for its gun advocacy. The name of the group is a reference to the belief that only three percent of American colonists fought against the British.

Dressed in overalls and a fake beard, Cohen sang about everything from injecting kids with the Wuhan flu to references to Dr. Fauci, Obama, and chopping up any person wearing a mask like the Saudis do. While some speculate that the stunt was another elaborately staged exercise for a possible second season of Who Is America?, the political activist and comedian has repeatedly said that its never happening.

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Sacha Baron Cohen Crashes Far-Right Rally and Dupes Attendees with Racist Singalong - IndieWire