Trump, CPAC, almost punked by lefties

Clever piece of political performance art

The idea behind this clever piece of political performance art was to get audience members waving the little Russian flags while the cameras were rolling. The Russian flag, like the American, is red, white, and blue and most in the mass gathering of non-vexillologists didn’t realize they were being punked. The news footage of an enthusiastic crowd of conservatives cheering on Trump while waving Russian flags would likely have gone viral, possibly reinforcing the Left’s false narrative that Trump is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s biggest fan.

This was Ryan Clayton from Bob Creamer group "Americans Take Action" handing Russian flags. Ryan was forcibly removed. You edited that out. https://t.co/hKwywREjn5

— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) February 24, 2017

Rules for Radicals author Saul Alinsky definitely would have approved of this mischievous political warfare

Rules for Radicals author Saul Alinsky definitely would have approved of this mischievous political warfare. But someone noticed that the flags were Russian and CPAC staffers promptly collected them from the audience before the prank could succeed. Americans Take Action Inc. is a Baltimore-based 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. None of its mandatory IRS filings appear in the GuideStar database so it’s unclear how the group is funded. For all we know Americans Take Action Inc. is funded by Vladimir Putin himself. If the group ever gets around to complying with the law and filing its IRS paperwork maybe we’ll get a clearer picture about it.

Ryan Clayton, @Project_Veritas nemesis gets kicked out of @realDonaldTrump speech at #CPAC for handing out Russian flags. pic.twitter.com/0rLgeqIC3A

— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) February 24, 2017