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EarlG

(23,673 posts)
26. Lol
Wed Jun 28, 2023, 07:45 PM
Jun 2023

Last edited Thu Jun 29, 2023, 01:00 AM - Edit history (1)

I've been had! Well done whoever made that.

Edited to add: I have a slightly more optimistic outlook on this type of thing. Yes I was fooled. I'm a human being and I can get caught out from time to time.

I well remember Jeb Bush's "please clap" cringefest and DeSantis is similarly dorky, unlikeable, and bad at retail politics, so I was primed to believe it. I watched the video once, tossed off a quick response, then logged off and went for dinner. I should have watched it again, or waited to respond.

The good news though is that when I got back I was promptly alerted to the fact that the video was fake, because of course DUers were all over that almost immediately. So, my bad, but props to DU for instant fact-checking and debunking.

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couldn't happen to a better little bitch asshole ! kimbutgar Jun 2023 #1
Oh my gawd EarlG Jun 2023 #2
It's a pretty obvious fake. TwilightZone Jun 2023 #19
Can you please explain for the sake of us idiots... ShazzieB Jun 2023 #41
The biggest tell... TwilightZone Jun 2023 #45
It's not even an AI "deep fake" William Seger Jun 2023 #55
I wish we had a TOS category for fake pictures, videos, etc. Effete Snob Jun 2023 #21
Lol EarlG Jun 2023 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #52
Governor puddin' head MontanaMama Jun 2023 #3
Too funny, Was this in Texas? MagickMuffin Jun 2023 #4
That's ... impressive Hekate Jun 2023 #5
Impressive that people fall for stuff as fake as that video? Effete Snob Jun 2023 #18
DeSantis! Blue Owl Jun 2023 #6
that doesn't seem real jcgoldie Jun 2023 #7
yeah i'd like confirmation this is actually real... plenty of people fake this stuff for the humor Takket Jun 2023 #10
Oh I hope it's real! MLAA Jun 2023 #16
Computer generated and a bit like Hillary Clinton. skypilot Jun 2023 #28
"And a bit like Hillary Clinton" -- ??? W_HAMILTON Jun 2023 #49
This message was self-deleted by its author skypilot Jun 2023 #33
Is this real? Brother Buzz Jun 2023 #8
Whoah! I thought it was jsut going to be the call-out, but then he asks for those voting for him hlthe2b Jun 2023 #9
That seems like a real video to you? Effete Snob Jun 2023 #14
dubbed? BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2023 #11
Fake as fuck Effete Snob Jun 2023 #12
Exactly...this is ridiculous and obviously a fake Docreed2003 Jun 2023 #42
Awkward for who ? republianmushroom Jun 2023 #13
I don't think this is real. Not a reputable source. Beakybird Jun 2023 #15
"Hands up, who likes me??" Grokenstein Jun 2023 #17
This is why we refer to him as Jeb Bush 2.0 "Please Clap". LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 #20
I don't know who who really expected anything different. dchill Jun 2023 #22
Seems pretty obvious that it's dubbed. TwilightZone Jun 2023 #23
Has to be fake liberalmediaaddict Jun 2023 #24
"it's going to be hard to know" Effete Snob Jun 2023 #25
His voice was too low. Thought something was way off but probably only FloridaBlues Jun 2023 #27
This video seems like it could be a fake. keopeli Jun 2023 #29
"There is no way to know definitively." Effete Snob Jun 2023 #30
Obviously fake but it is funny to me. LoisB Jun 2023 #31
Same here Traildogbob Jun 2023 #37
Me too. Both of them would destroy us if we let them. I think DeSantis is the more evil of the LoisB Jun 2023 #39
Her comment got more applause then he did Obvious85 Jun 2023 #32
Funny! SouthernDem4ever Jun 2023 #34
This would be everywhere if it were true. Gore1FL Jun 2023 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2023 #36
Get it together, y'all. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2023 #38
Fake, you should say that in your title... likesmountains 52 Jun 2023 #40
LOL Wish it was real. But getting more real by the day... SunSeeker Jun 2023 #43
K&R UTUSN Jun 2023 #44
Clearly fake. No way even one person would raise their Johonny Jun 2023 #46
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! GoCubsGo Jun 2023 #47
Wow! Another one for the history books! Stellar find, K&R! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2023 #48
Here's another one from that day Maraya1969 Jun 2023 #50
The "sad trombone" at the end made me laugh out loud! calimary Jun 2023 #51
It's amazing the number of people who just respond to the OP Snooper9 Jun 2023 #53
I think more people post to DU than read DU Effete Snob Jun 2023 #57
Funny but it's fake. Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #54
He's right, it is ackward. Ha ha heh....I got such a laugh out of this, I had to inhale some more SWBTATTReg Jun 2023 #56
😂🤣😂🤣 THAT IS VERY FUNNY!! 😂🤣😂🤣 Oopsie Daisy Jun 2023 #58
Why are folks rec-ing a fake video? CaptainTruth Jun 2023 #59
Because it's funny. Because we know it's fake. Because we know what his voice actually sounds like. Oopsie Daisy Jun 2023 #60
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