If you were a fan of Sacha Baron Cohen’s controversial Who Is America?, you’d be well aware that the actor and comedian isn’t afraid of trolling where no man has dared to troll before, and a recent alt-right rally in Washington was absolutely no exception.
According to Variety, Baron Cohen crashed the Washington State Three Percenters’ conservative rally over the weekend, where he performed a racist song on stage and even managed to get the crowd to sing along.
At the rally, titled ‘March for Our Rights 3’, Baron Cohen disguised himself as the leader of a political action committee offering to sponsor the event, and even brought a security team to ensure he wouldn’t be kicked off stage.
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The song Baron Cohen performed on-stage featured incredible racist and offensive references, and lyrics including, “Obama, what we gonna do? Inject him with the Wuhan flu. Hillary Clinton, what we gonna do? Lock her up like we used to do.”
Baron Cohen’s epic prank only became more unbelievable when he got the crowd involved, convincing them to sing “inject him with the Wuhan flu.”
In a social media video, one of the rally organisers explained that Baron Cohen’s ‘band’ got added to the bill even though they had never worked with them before and had no idea who they were.
When Baron Cohen began singing racist lyrics, organisers tried to find the production manager and even attempted to cut the power to stop the performance, but were blocked by the comedian’s security team.
While Sacha Baron Cohen is yet to confirm what the prank was for, fans think it could be for a second season of Who is America? Considering the comedian pranked everyone from Bernie Sanders to Dick Cheney, Jill Stein, Roy Moore and O.J. Simpson during season one of the show, this kind of classic stitch-up is right on the money.
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