Editor’s note: See update below with comment from the man who made the video.
There’s a video going viral that shows a black Trump supporter in an altercation with a white guy at a restaurant, but it’s probably a hoax. Or at the very least, a prank, as it’s from a known Internet video prankster:
White guy confronts black Trump supporter about his MAGA hat and knocks it off his head! This is assault.
This guy needs to identified before he really hurts somebody! pic.twitter.com/miOvbrJWdt
— Ex-Dem??Latina (@ExDemLatina) October 25, 2018
The video is actually from the YouTube/Twitter/Instagram account of “Funny Marco“:
But when it’s on my page lmao ok https://t.co/Ka4zQeq71M
— Funny__Marco_ (@funny_marco) October 25, 2018
Here’s the original:
Trump supporter gets attack pic.twitter.com/tXM7hhYALM
— Funny__Marco_ (@funny_marco) October 25, 2018
Now, could this actually show a white guy attacking a black Trump supporter over his MAGA hat? Who knows. But base on some of his other videos…
Like this woman leaving her boyfriend over Popeye’s chicken:
— Funny__Marco_ (@funny_marco) October 1, 2018
Or this one where he makes sex noises in public:
Maybe it’s best to give this one a pass.
See the rest here:
Follow at @funny_marco_
More VIDEOS https://t.co/fJNvgd0dSo pic.twitter.com/tddZCUUwXc— Funny__Marco_ (@funny_marco) September 30, 2018
Update: The video is a fake:
The video was fake leave the man alone
— Funny__Marco_ (@funny_marco) October 27, 2018
Snopes and others discovered the identity of the white guy in the video, who was reportedly in on it:
It is indeed a staged act and this is blowing way way over what I thought it was going to be. I am the one in the video. It was just a skit/joke. It was in bad taste. and I apologize to whoever it caused any issues with. It’s a youtuber/comedian’s page and we just did a reverse role play type thing. I didn’t know it was going to cause all of this … I wish people would realize it.
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