Sacha Baron Cohen Pranks US Far-Right Rally, Leading Antisemitic Sing-Along in Disguise

by Shiryn Ghermezian

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher. Photo: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN.com.

British actor Sacha Baron Cohen went incognito and crashed a right-wing militia event in Olympia, Washington, on Saturday, getting the crowd to sing with him a racist and antisemitic song.

Dressed in overalls and a fake beard, the Jewish “Who is America?” star took the stage at the “March for Our Rights 3″ rally, held at Olympia’s Heritage Park, changed his voice and began singing a song that referenced former US President Obama, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the World Health Organization (WHO).

He sang about George Soros, the billionaire Jewish philanthropist, “CNN, they spread fake news, they controlled by you-know-whos — George Soros and his nasty friends.”

The song’s lyrics also included “Dr. Fauci, what we gonna do? Inject him with the Wuhan flu,” according to video posted on social media, which also showed some members of the crowd singing along.

Baron Cohen further sang, “Hillary Clinton, what we gonna do? Lock her up like we used to do…. What are we gonna do with the WHO, we’re gonna inject them with the Wuhan flu? Or chop ’em up like the Saudis do.”

The rally was organized by the group Washington Three Percent, a far-right militia group.

Matt Marshall, a founder of the group, wrote on Facebook that Baron Cohen pretended to be the leader of a band that last minute wanted to co-sponsor the rally. He claimed the actor’s security team blocked attempts by rally organizers to pull him off the stage or stop the music once the lyrics turned racist. Organizers eventually stormed the stage and unplugged the microphone. Baron Cohen and his security team then fled to a staged ambulance and drove away.