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pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 04:53 PM Feb 2017

Two men--Jason Charter and Ryan Clayton--credited with CPAC Russian flag prank

The CPAC Crowd Unwittingly Took Part In A Prank And Waved Russian Flags At Trump

“Most people saw Trump’s name on the flags and didn’t give a second thought to the fact that they were Russian,” one of the pranksters told BuzzFeed News.


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Two members of the group Americans Take Action, Jason Charter and Ryan Clayton, took responsibility for the prank.

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Clayton told BuzzFeed News he affected a Borat-esque Russian accent while handing out some flags while saying things like “Trump and Putin great leaders, yes?” Here he is with a flag.


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And here’s Charter distributing flags outside after he was escorted from the convention.



Charter said they arrived with about 1,000 flags and left with none.

“Most people saw Trump’s name on the flags and didn’t give a second thought to the fact that they were Russian,” Charter said. Some attendees did refuse the flags, though.

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https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/someone-handed-out-pro-trump-russian-flags-at-cpac?utm_term=.cy48N5gA1#.kjZWlnMoE


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Two men--Jason Charter and Ryan Clayton--credited with CPAC Russian flag prank (Original Post) pinboy3niner Feb 2017 OP
i cant get enough.... samnsara Feb 2017 #1
Here's more on Clayton's shenanigans: Conversation with CPAC Protester Waving Russian Flag pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #4
Bravo Jason and Ryan! sheshe2 Feb 2017 #2
LOVE YOU GUYS Skittles Feb 2017 #3
Well done, sirs! Well done! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #5
Even Snopes has a report on it, lol pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #6
Brava! Brava! Merlot Feb 2017 #7
That was a GREAT prank! wildeyed Feb 2017 #8
Love these guys! we need more of these good, clean fun pranks :P Sunlei Feb 2017 #9
Where can I get my own flag? FakeNoose Feb 2017 #10
First CPAC Trump Russian Flag Goes On Auction at Ebay pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #11
Right? lol! sagetea Feb 2017 #23
How dumb can they be? panader0 Feb 2017 #12
They can't spell words with more than three letters malaise Feb 2017 #16
but they were freeee!! lol n/t ginnyinWI Feb 2017 #31
I fucking LOVE this... dhill926 Feb 2017 #13
Tip blueseas Feb 2017 #14
O'Keefe could learn a thing or two malaise Feb 2017 #15
Funny you should mention O'Keefe pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #22
Love payback - O'Keefe is a thug malaise Feb 2017 #24
Brilliant! workinclasszero Feb 2017 #17
This is awesome!! 3Stones Feb 2017 #18
DU rec... SidDithers Feb 2017 #19
Great political theater! We need more of this! Silver Gaia Feb 2017 #20
I am not for being mean to stupid people but these particular Doreen Feb 2017 #21
Can't recommend this enough BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #25
And those fools didn't know the difference and actually waved them. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2017 #26
Somewhere in heaven, Abbie Hoffman & Jerry Rubin are smiling. DinahMoeHum Feb 2017 #27
Indeed. :) nt pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #37
HEROES oldtime dfl_er Feb 2017 #28
With all the whining coming from the Republicans... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #29
Unwitting is their middle name More_Cowbell Feb 2017 #30
Official Wingnut Spin: JawJaw Feb 2017 #32
"..he got into the CPAC.. knowing they'd be too stupid to realize the joke.." Cha Feb 2017 #33
Mahalo, Cha pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #34
Thank you for the link, pinboy.. Cha Feb 2017 #36
Well done, gentlemen. Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #35
. pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #38

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
22. Funny you should mention O'Keefe
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 07:00 PM
Feb 2017
Thugs At James O'Keefe Event Send Progressive Activist To Hospital

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Sunday evening they held an event in New York featuring James O'Keefe. At the end of the meeting, apparently, people were encouraged to stand up and speak about their own activism and successes. Progressive activists Ryan Clayton and Jason Carter were present with a third activist, Peter James Callahan.

Ryan Clayton, you may recall, is the same activist who counter-stung O'Keefe when he tried to pay progressives to commit violent acts at Trump's inaugural.

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Clayton told HuffPost the assailant put his larynx in the nook of his elbow and began twisting his head sideways. “I felt a pop-pop-pop-pop-pop, and then there was nothing left to pop,” Clayton said. “There was a moment I thought, ‘Oh God, this is how I die.’ Last night was the most terrifying night of my life.”

Carter, who was in the crowd, was identified as a liberal infiltrator and also was attacked.
Clayton said that as he was dragged through the bar, the crowd cheered his assailants and O’Keefe called out his name.

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http://crooksandliars.com/2017/01/thugs-james-okeefe-event-send-progressive

malaise

(267,823 posts)
24. Love payback - O'Keefe is a thug
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 07:03 PM
Feb 2017

One of these days he'll mess with the wrong person
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

DinahMoeHum

(21,737 posts)
27. Somewhere in heaven, Abbie Hoffman & Jerry Rubin are smiling.
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 07:12 PM
Feb 2017

Last edited Fri Feb 24, 2017, 07:49 PM - Edit history (1)

Well played, Ryan. Well played, Jason.

yuiyoshida

(41,762 posts)
29. With all the whining coming from the Republicans...
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 07:15 PM
Feb 2017

Hey, They were STUPID ENOUGH to not know they were Russian flags... its ALL entirely on them!

JawJaw

(722 posts)
32. Official Wingnut Spin:
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 07:30 PM
Feb 2017

- paid liberal activists infiltrated the hall and waved the flags!


OMG - the deplorable stupidity knows no bounds!

Cha

(295,913 posts)
33. "..he got into the CPAC.. knowing they'd be too stupid to realize the joke.."
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 01:23 AM
Feb 2017



Two of them.. alright! Mahlao, pinboy!

So Brilliant!

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
34. Mahalo, Cha
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 07:03 AM
Feb 2017

The stories crediting one or the other alone should have been corrected to state that it was a joint effort.

There's another funny story about Clayton's "Borat-esque" antics inside CPAC...

Posted by struggle4progress:

Conversation with CPAC Protester Waving Russian Flag
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028702999

Cha

(295,913 posts)
36. Thank you for the link, pinboy..
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 08:15 AM
Feb 2017

Too funny these guys! And, they brought attention to the trump Russian connection when they least wanted it.

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