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Sacha Baron Cohen pranks right-wing group Three Percenters

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Sacha Baron Cohen.
Camera IconSacha Baron Cohen. Credit: YouTube/Getty Images

Comic Sacha Baron Cohen has sensationally trolled a right wing group in the US during one of their rallies.

The notorious prankster, responsible for Borat and Ali G, left members of paramilitary group Three Percenters red faced-after sneaking into one of their Washington events in costume.

Cohen dressed up as an overweight hillbilly, complete with a fake bushy ginger beard, taking to the stage to perform an offensive, racist song.

The lyrics addressed former president Barack Obama, called out “mask wearers,” called coronavirus the “Wuhan Flu,” and was blatantly racist towards Chinese and Japanese people.

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Unbelievably, Cohen, dressed in dungarees and a stars and stripes cowboy hat, had the entire rally singing along with him and cheering.

The song included the outrageous lyrics:

“Obama, what we gonna do, inject him with the Wuhan flu.

“Hillary Clinton, what we gonna do, lock her up like we used to do.

“WHO, what we gonna do, chop them up like the Saudis do.”

Cohen also took aim at journalists, singing “chop them up like Saudis do,” a nod to the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

While event organiser Matt Marshall said he was offended by the stunt, other commentators have not been so quick to cancel Cohen.

The group’s members insisted Cohen’s stunt “represents the antithesis” of their ideals but many social media users have pointed out that the crowd was encouraging Cohen.

Sacha Baron Cohen in disguise as a video journalist.
Camera IconSacha Baron Cohen in disguise as a video journalist. Credit: John McRae/Twitter

After organisers cottoned on to the stunt, they attempted to take him off stage and unplug the power, but Cohen was one step ahead with a team of security guarding the generator.

The actor and comedian later fled in a fake ambulance, before reportedly rejoining the event in a different disguise — posing as a video journalist.

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