A singer, who appears to be Cohen in disguise, was booked as a musical guest at a rally for an anti-government extremist group.
Sacha Baron Cohen apparently crashed an event being held by the right-wing group The Three Percenters, according to witnesses and video of the event. The Three Percenters — described as an anti-government extremist group by the Anti-Defamation League — held the rally-style «March for Our Rights» event on Saturday in Olympia, Washington.
Witnesses said a man, now believed to be Cohen, entered the rally disguised as a country singer and took to the stage to perform at the event. He tries to get the crowd to join in singing along to verses full of vulgar, violent and racist lyrics as the band plays along.
In a video posted on Twitter, event organizer Matt Marshall said musical guests for the event were booked by another group, «Back to USA.» Marshall said when the «second band started playing their set… they started playing an incredibly racist song,» he said. «At that moment, we realized our organizers were nowhere to be found.»
Marshall said other organizers «tried to pull the plug» on the performance, but the band had armed security on stage.
