in his new show Sacha Baron Cohen somehow get elected offical to support the idea of arming preschoolers with gun to stop school shootings.
Sacha Baron Cohen is back to duping unsuspecting public figures for a new Showtime program, “Who Is America?” which premieres on Sunday night.
One video clip from the show that’s floating around the internet shows several former and current Republican lawmakers endorsing the idea of arming school children as young as four with guns.
The clip opens with Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida saying that “typically members of Congress don’t just hear a story about a program and then indicate whether they support it or not.”
for those who don’t watch the video in the link Cohen wears make up and pretend to be a counter terrorism expert pushing a new bill that would train and arm children in school with weapon to combat school shooters.
Cohen is the same guy who sings “throw the jew down the well” in his Borat character. He thinks it’s OK because he has Jewish blood. You seem to like the way this guy “plays”.
If he really got anyone to actually endorse this crazy premise, they need to be exposed. My guess is that the title and reality will be two different things. I can’t believe anyone could find the idea of arming children to be a serious suggestion?
I’m with Smyrna on this one…going to wait and see before I rush to judgement.
This seems like one of those things that is designed to resonate with how a certain group of people view gun supporters, and so therefore they will be predisposed to uncritically accept it.
Haven’t watched the video yet but will when I have time. But the first thing I will remind people of…what’s the most important thing to keep in kind about videos like this?
They are EDITED…and the person who edits them has complete control of the narrative.
He takes advantage of American’s trust.
He plays with old and simple minds. Seldom -if ever - have I seen him apply his craft to a young college educated group.
I don’t know that they did. I can see Cohen saying “Hey I’m shooting a new Borat movie, play along.” And they being cool with it. I just can’t imagine people not knowing this guy by now. I mean, he uses a butched up Borat accent through the whole thing and calls himself Israeli.
All of that stuff was obviously read from a script. I mean, yes they should be smarter than that, but I think some heavy lying and editing was done to get them to say such insane dribble. Maybe it was sold to them as a satire piece?
Nah it really does look genuine, but yes they were obviously going from a script. I think one woman (not in the first episode looks like) claimed she made it clear at every step that she was uncomfortable doing it, but still she went on.
A couple of them appear to have genuinely thought it was a good idea, in that they were discussing it and not just reading from a script. Philip Van Cleave and Larry Pratt.
Though, again, O’Keefe was a good example of how you can edit footage in very creative and deceptive ways, and you can definitely see lots of cuts in the interviews with those two.
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