Walsh also told CNN that Baron Cohen duped him by telling him that he was “getting an award from some Israeli TV station because I’m a great supporter of Israel”. By joining Slate Plus you support our work and get exclusive content.

And it involves Cohen poking fun at the gun lobby as well as Republican lawmakers and leaders who seem all too eager to come out in favor of firearms, no matter what the proposal. They'll just do it. As you probably already know thanks to Sarah Palin's extensive complaining, it's classic Cohen fare — the comedian has been interviewing U.S. politicians and lobbyists while wearing disguises for the past year. They are talking about arming kids in kindergarten to stop someone with a gun. Toddlers are pure, uncorrupted by fake news or homosexuality. “I think it would be a good idea,” he told Baron Cohen. 5 ways you can fight Trump's Supreme Court pick. This is the insanity that I oppose and why we must votehttps://t.co/Bm7OYAOIpP, — Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) July 15, 2018, Cameron Kasky, a student who survived the shooting, also shared the same clip, writing: “Never stop retweeting this.”. Gun-ownership rights activist Philip Van Cleave was also asked to help create a training video for the toddlers featuring “gunimals”.

They don't care if it's politically correct to shoot a mentally deranged gunman. Powered by its own proprietary technology, Mashable is the go-to source for tech, digital culture and entertainment content for its dedicated and influential audience around the globe. “I’ve been pushing something along this line for years but really haven’t got any traction. He interviews two gun rights activists, Philip van Cleave and Larry Pratt, who both endorse the program. But, it's on me. is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. WATCH: 'We're being used': Rapper Vic Mensa pleads for gun control legislation. WATCH THIS AND RETWEET THIS EVERY DAY,” he wrote alongside a clip from the show. We should expect a lot more duped Republicans to come into Cohen’s show over the seven-episode run, including former vice presidential candidate Sara Palin and former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, to name a few. As Morad, Cohen has the mission to get guns in the hands of schoolchildren as young as four years old, saying that efforts to arm teachers are insufficient. What can I say Bradley? Sacha Baron Cohen's new show, Who Is America?, began streaming Saturday night before its official premiere on Sunday. "It's something we should think about it America — about putting guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens, good guys, whether they be teachers, or whether they actually be ... highly trained preschoolers. Hell no,” he tweeted. “Thank you Sacha Baron Cohen for highlighting what people think. Only Rep. Matt Gaetz (who implied just last week that the Ohio State University wrestling abuse scandal was invented by the "deep state," so don't hold your breath about his integrity) appeared to show any trepidation. Thank you Sacha Baron Cohen for highlighting what people think. In a portion of the first episode, Cohen assumes the persona of Erran Morrad, an "Israeli anti-terrorism expert" pushing a program called Kinderguardians, which would train children as young as three how to use firearms. Mashable, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Walsh in a tweet said that Baron Cohen “fooled” him, but said he was against arming of kindergarteners.

Joe Wilson of South Carolina also chimed in, saying: “A three-year-old cannot defend itself from an assault rifle by throwing a Hello Kitty pencil case at it,” adding that “our founding fathers do not put an age limit on the Second Amendment”. ©2020 This is crazy!

Then with the help of lobbyist Larry Pratt, Cohen manages to get a few prominent Republicans to back his plan to arm preschoolers, including former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, California lawmaker Dana Rohrabacher, South Carolina congressman Joe Wilson and radio host Joe Walsh. They don’t care if it’s politically correct to shoot a mentally deranged gunman. “We were thinking seventh or eighth grade – you’ve gone much younger than that.”, Van Cleave then held a gun wrapped in a children’s toy dog and said: “Just remember to point Puppy Pistol’s mouth at the middle of the bad man.”, Holding the “Puppy Pistol”, he added: “If he has a big fat tummy, point at that.”. “They [had me read off of a teleprompter] about this four-year-old child in Israel who, when a terrorist entered his classroom, somehow he grabbed the terrorist’s gun and held the terrorist at bay.”, He said as he read it, he thought “Well, this is kind of crazy, but it is Israel and Israel is strong on defence.” Later, “we found out this whole thing was made up.”. Larry Pratt, Executive director of Gun Owners of America. Cohen gets gun lobbyists to not only support his effort, but one even helps publicize a line of stuffed animal guns especially designed for young children. We're using cookies to improve your experience.

One of the Republican politicians on the comedy series, ‘Who is America?’, later said he was against arming of children. Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Who is America?’ lures politicians into supporting guns for toddlers Through four outrageous characters, Sacha Baron Cohen tackles the issues dividing the nation in satirical mockumentary series 'Who is America?,' premiering on Showtime Sunday. "Our founding fathers did not put an age limit on the second amendment.". Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican legislator from California, said training school children how to shoot “might actually make us safer”. “Aim at the head, shoulders, not the toes, not the toes,” sings gun-rights activist Philip Van Cleave at one point.

While major attacks have generated fresh national soul-searching, they have dissipated shortly after, with the NRA, the nation’s largest gun lobby, running aggressive lobbying tactics. Join Slate Plus to continue reading, and you’ll get unlimited access to all our work—and support Slate’s independent journalism. In a newly surfaced post from February, Philip Van Cleave—who helped a disguised Sacha Baron Cohen film a faux P.S.A.

WATCH THIS AND RETWEET THIS EVERY DAY. Better Business Bureau Accredited Business. In Sunday’s premiere, British actor Baron Cohen played the role of Israeli anti-terrorist expert Col Erran Morad and successfully convinced former congressman Joe Walsh, former Senator Trent Lott, California congressman Dana Rohrabacher and South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson to endorse “kinder-guardians”. After lots of talk and expectation, we finally got an extended look into comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s new show, Who is America? Later, in a twist on a popular children’s song ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’, Van Cleave sang: “Aim at the head, shoulders, not the toes, not the toes. Of course, Lott endorses it in the clip immediately following, so jury's out on that one. In the video posted Sunday morning in advance of the show’s premiere that night, a heavily made up Cohen poses as an Israeli anti-terrorist expert, Erran Morad. Slate relies on advertising to support our journalism. Sacha Baron Cohen is disguised as counter-terrorism expert Erran Morad in this screenshot from the extended trailer for the show that was released July 15, 2018. This is the insanity that I oppose and why we must vote.”, Holy Crap!!!!!

All contents © 2020 The Slate Group LLC. premieres on Showtime on Sunday at 10pm ET. You can cancel anytime. Nearly six years after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, where a gunman killed 20 children and six adults, the US continues to suffer from a gun-violence epidemic. You should be arming the children.”, All four politicians bought into Baron Cohen’s idea with Joe Walsh saying the programme: “introduces specially selected children, from 12 to four years old, to pistols, rifles, semi-automatics, and a rudimentary knowledge of mortars.”, “In less than a month, a first-grader can become a first grenade-er.”. “In America, there’s this big problem of shootings in schools,” Baron Cohen said. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. SEE ALSO: 5 ways you can fight Trump's Supreme Court pick, It only gets worse from there. Young children looking to get into shooting have plenty of options when it comes to guns designed just for them. And he gets a lot of help for his “Kinder-Guardians” initiative from the gun lobby—as well as some Republican leaders. “The NRA want to arm the teachers.



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