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Old 06-28-2020, 07:45 PM
 
Location: Independent Republic of Ballard
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Old 06-29-2020, 06:37 PM
 
Location: Independent Republic of Ballard
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C'mon folks, you gotta watch this! It is completely HILARIOUS!
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Old 06-29-2020, 08:12 PM
 
Location: WA Desert, Seattle native
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I saw this on the syndicated “inside edition” this evening where it probably belongs.
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Old 06-29-2020, 09:28 PM
 
Location: Out West
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It was hilarious. That crowd was very s l o w on the uptake. Not surprising, I guess!
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Old 06-29-2020, 10:47 PM
 
Location: Independent Republic of Ballard
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It only gets better. Tim Eyman was giving an interview at the rally, TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS to what was going on (starting at 1:45):

https://youtu.be/QF3zIpKr28s

You can see Cohen being chased off the stage at about 2:50.
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Old 06-30-2020, 09:51 AM
 
Location: State of Transition
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I'm glad you're a Sacha Cohen fan, but these vids are too rough and "home made" for my taste, along w/Sacha's humor that day. He wasn't drawing a crowd. People weren't impressed. The event looked to be a wash-out.
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Old 06-30-2020, 01:59 PM
 
Location: Independent Republic of Ballard
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I'm glad you're a Sacha Cohen fan, but these vids are too rough and "home made" for my taste, along w/Sacha's humor that day. He wasn't drawing a crowd. People weren't impressed. The event looked to be a wash-out.
I wasn't really a Sacha Baron Cohen "fan", but I am now. Being outrageous is his shtick.

The video I linked was taken on someone's phone. A video from another non-phone camera is out, but it only shows a small part of the prank:

https://youtu.be/IjxrgCeliZ4

At 1:20, the camera pans the crowd - you can see that the rally wasn't very well attended. The pan also shows that there were at most five "security" (in all black, wearing masks) guarding the barriers. You can also see Tim Eyman, in white shirt, at 1:25, chasing the "3%" vote.

At the same point, you can see one person jeering and booing Cohen (or perhaps "CNN" and "journalists", but who is standing inside the riot barriers (and, thus, may have been a plant). All this belies that they had to fight through 50 Cohen-hired security guards, as claimed by the organizers, to get past the barriers, in order to explain why it took so long to charge the stage and shut it down.

Here's another video from within the crowd (not a "full" video, however, but it does show the end): https://youtu.be/QTuiuDzEC9M

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Old 07-12-2020, 08:51 AM
 
Location: Florida
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This video was the funniest thing ever. Sacha Cohen knew exactly how to fit in and look like a local. The bib overalls and beard were perfect.
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