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Hundreds of protesters gather outside Manhattan courthouse to support their embattled clownish hero [1]
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Date: 2023-03-26
The Associated Press is reporting that throngs of protesters gathered on the steps of the courthouse in lower Manhattan on Saturday, chanting in support of their embattled hero who acts like a clown.
It’s the courthouse on Foley Square in lower Manhattan where a grand jury has been meeting to consider whether to indict former President Donald Trump for his role in the $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
The AP wrote:
Police kept watch as passions flared and voices roared. Squad cars and television trucks encircled the commotion. It’s a scene New York City authorities have been bracing for as prosecutors consider an indictment against former President Donald Trump, who has invited followers to rally on his behalf.
Here’s the scene as it unfolded outside the courthouse on Saturday.
The AP reported that the crowd dispersed peacefully without incident: “The roars faded and the crowds dispersed — on command — when the director yelled, `“Cut!’”
OK, April Fools Day doesn’t come until next Saturday, but why wait.
The scene outside the courthouse was actually a previously planned film shoot for the upcoming “Joker” sequel starring Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix as the title character and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn, his love interest. “Joker Folie a Deux,” slated for release next year, is being billed as a musical.
The filming was scheduled to continue Sunday.
Fortunately for the production crew there was no disruption from real-life Trump supporters even though their embattled hero had called for protests against the “witch hunt” being conducted by New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr.
But really it would be quite understandable if people were to confuse a protest to defend The Joker with a protest to defend Trump.
Jaymie Robinson, a 24-year-old extra, told The AP how she heard one bystander who seemed confused about whether she was part of a real protest. The cameras and phony police cars -- and signs saying "Free Joker" -- should have been a dead giveaway, she said.
But can you really be sure that Trump is not the Joker?
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