Claude Taylor is a “liberal provocateur” and the genius behind the MadDog PAC, which raises money to put up anti-Trump billboards in the middle of nowhere. And on Monday, as President Trump was arriving for his state visit to England, he shared this video of Trump’s arrival with the audio swapped out:
Emperor Palpatine’s Theme..they are trolling him. pic.twitter.com/FTgRlKYeff
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) June 3, 2019
Sir, sir, I am sorry but I have to inform you altering videos like this is wrong and such content should immediately be removed from Twitter and Facebook along with your account. In fact this may create a public health crisis even. https://t.co/xFQIW9a902
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 3, 2019
Taylor says he didn’t make the video, but he wishes he did.
I’m honored people think I did this. I didn’t. I am entertained by the humor of it. You should be, too.
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) June 3, 2019
That leaves it to the brave firefighters in the media to track down who created this video and posted it to Facebook. Why hasn’t Facebook taken it down? Is the guy who made it on probation? We need to know!
oh no it’s a doctored video
— Dermot Lopez (@drugs4teens) June 3, 2019
People might fall for this and then society will collapse. https://t.co/Bo0nR1b1mZ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 3, 2019
I was told that fake videos are bad.
Where are the brave firefighters fighting this fire?? Anyone? https://t.co/6kIHiqIr5w
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 3, 2019
I sincerely hope @thedailybeast is hot on the case to publish the home address of whoever made this video https://t.co/biMgRPJFyR
— Mike Nelson (@mikenelson586) June 3, 2019
Hey @samstein, you heroes at the daily beast are needed again! Here is a doctored video being spread to hundreds of thousands of ppl!!! It is misinformation at its finest…. i will not feel safe until Claude's life is completely ruined https://t.co/XXSLz56G8E
— Bob Malak (@bob_malak) June 3, 2019
WHOA!
Hey @thedailybeast, some unknown person made a fake video that is being spread by blue checkmarks.
YOU MUST EXPOSE THE FAKER NOW. https://t.co/bAtuinbUUt
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 3, 2019
It's fake, of course. The faker must now be doxxed and destroyed
— Derby (@derbybbb) June 3, 2019
Where are @thedailybeast and @CNN to dox the maker of this video and ruin his life??!! @jaketapper ??? @brianstelter ??? @oliverdarcy ???
— LukeHandCool (@starrfin) June 3, 2019
WHERE IS THE FIREFIGHTER @brianstelter TO EXPOSE THIS HOAX??
— Christina Aguilera Monster (@Ritalinisbad) June 3, 2019
Look … people aren’t sure if it’s real or not, and there’s an election just a year and a half away. We thought social media was going to fix this.
I can't believe this is true. Can you verify? If so, awesome beyond words
— Mike Stinson (@MDStinson) June 3, 2019
This is too rich.
Trump probably thought it was our national anthem.
— Adam Carpenter Welles (@AdamWelles) June 3, 2019
Is this the real?
— Muffy Bevin (@MuffyBevin) June 3, 2019
Somebody doxx this guy, quick. And made sure Bette Midler knows; she hates fake videos on Facebook.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
Related:
Brave media firefighters track down guy who posted that ‘Drunk Pelosi’ video https://t.co/Hp3yDFVEAp
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 2, 2019
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