Current Events > US lawmakers shown backing kindergarten gun scheme by Sacha Baron Cohen.

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In Sacha Baron Cohens provocative new comedy show, American politicians are filmed backing a fictitious program to teach kindergartners how to use guns to defend themselves in school shootings.

In a seven-episode series launching on cable channel Showtime on Sunday, the British prankster takes on four different personas as he satirizes the political and cultural life of the United States in the era of President Donald Trump.

In the first episode of Who is America?, previewed for media by Showtime, Baron Cohen poses as an Israeli anti-terror expert who gets two U.S. congressmen to voice support for his fake Kinderguardians scheme for children as young as three.

The scheme includes a fake instructional video featuring childrens songs and gunimals weapons adorned with soft toys that would purportedly help kids confront the school shootings that have plagued the United States for the past decade.

Republican congressmen Dana Rohrabacher of California and Joe Wilson of South Carolina, along with former Senate Republican leader Trent Lott, who is now a lobbyist at a Washington law firm, are shown enthusiastically backing the idea, alongside gun rights advocates and a former congressman-turned-talk radio host, Joe Walsh.

Showtime and Sacha Baron Cohen both declined to comment on the series. Those shown endorsing the fake scheme, including the politicians, had not seen the finished show ahead of its Sunday premiere. Rohrabacher, Wilson and Lott did not immediately reply to requests for comment late on Saturday.

i don't know whether to laugh or cry.
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i was speechless at the end of that segment
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HAHAHA HAHAHA this is fantastic.
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Republicans are deep in the pockets of the NRA.
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It was pretty damn crazy to see it. I kinda can't wait to see the Palin episode....
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gunimals"

What a brilliant idea.

Dibs.