A person who refers to himself as "John Barron" calls into CSPAN to complain about the SCOTUS ruling. i think we know who it is

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A person who refers to himself as "John Barron" calls into CSPAN to complain about the SCOTUS ruling. i think we know who it is - Lemmy.World

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Is there a link to just the CSPAN clip? I don’t need someone to explain to me what’s happening for 10 minutes

Found it:

youtu.be/FQU90XPz18M

It’s … incredible. He isn’t even trying to sound differently…

Did Donald Trump Call Into C-Span Under a Made-Up Name?

‼️ People online are going nuts right now debating whether a C-Span caller named John Barron is actually President Donald Trump trying to get some good press...

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Lol. At this stage what can you do? Roll your eyes. Hope for a freak lightning strike.

“Because so many of you are talking about Friday’s C-SPAN caller who identified himself as ‘John Barron,’ we want to put this to rest: it was not the president,” the network wrote on the social platform X. “The call came from a central Virginia phone number and came **while the president was in a widely covered, in-person White-House meeting with the governors." **

Suuuuuuure.

He’ll randomly walk in the opposite direction of a head of state during a formal meeting, dance awkwardly to himself on television for a half hour to a song on repeat, get up during a cabinet meeting to state blankly out the window for 10 minutes, shit himself on live television repeatedly

…but him calling into a talk show and doing a character he was known for in the past when he’s supposed to be in a meeting is preposterous.

Gotcha.

Eh, it sounded like a (really good) impression. Not saying it would be out of character, it’s definitely the sort of thing he would do. But the caller sounded too young and alert.
I wonder if it’s an impersonator or something trying to go viral. Trump famously used to do this, but it’s been on the Internet a while, and while we all know Trump is a moron, I find it odd he wouldn’t even bother to change up the name of his alter ego. Also, I feel like he’d call Fox. He probably doesn’t even know what C-SPAN is.
It sounds way more like a person doing a trump voice than trump trying to not sound like himself