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CPAC Crowd Duped Into Waving Russian Flags During Trump Speech Who says they were duped? Some of the SI Trumphumpers admit they love Russia more than America. “It’s fun to have a joke sometimes in a very serious situation,” says trickster Jason Charter. By Mary Papenfuss A pair of progressive moles with a sense of humor were apparently responsible for a grand — although short-lived — prank at the Conservative Political Action Conference that had members proudly waving tiny banners emblazoned with the name “Trump” that were actually Russian flags. The pranksters passed 1,000 red-white-and-blue Russian flags before Donald Trump’s speech at the conservative confab in Maryland on Friday. Audience members scooped them up and waved them enthusiastically as Trump railed against the media. He also tweeted a series of attacks earlier against the FBI, accusing it of leaking information that the White House had pressured the bureau to publicly dispute reports of contact between Trump’s aides and Russia. The flag tricksters identified themselves as Jason Charter and Ryan Clayton with the self-described “resistance” group Americans Take Action. They purchased tickets to the conference shortly before Trump was to take the podium and handed out the flags, Charter told The Huffington Post. Charter, 22, said that the gag was intended to mock Trump’s admiration of Russian President Vladimir Putin and highlight concerns about Trump administration ties to Russia. “Donald Trump is selling out the U.S.,” he said. The prank went surprisingly smoothly, he added. “I asked people if they wanted a Trump flag and they took it,” Charter said. “There were only about five people who said, ‘Wait a minute, this is the Russian flag.’” Talking Points Memo ?@TPM Activists prank CPAC attendees into waving Russian flags at Trump t.co Feb 24, 2017 Politico’s Tim Alberta tweeted that the crowd “gave no thought” to the Russian flag. They just saw “red, white & blue” with Trump printed on it. Tim Alberta ?@TimAlberta Replying to @TimAlberta They saw red, white & blue - with "TRUMP" stamped across it - and started to wave them. Gave no thought to Russian flag, they all said. 2/2 10:34 AM - Feb 24, 2017 Charter said that pranks can be “fun and still effective in shedding light on a serious situation.” He said Americans Take Action has several other events planned. “I, of course, can’t go into details, but we’re not stopping until Donald Trump is impeached.” Clayton, 36, using a mock Russian accent in an interview with Atlantic, called the prank a “true-flag” operation. “It show how Trump and Russia are so connected, they like peas in pod,” he said. LiNCOLN PARK@linc0lnpark Trump's #CPAC Speech: An abject nightmare come-to-life where Americans proudly wave Russian flags 1 0:30 AM - Feb 24, 2017 Someone handed out Trump Russian flags on the #CPAC2017 floor before Trump’s speech pic.twitter.com/uf1ADMt6ZL — Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) February 24, 2017 Mikel Jollett ?@Mikel_Jollett This is not a joke: Trump's CPAC flags look EXACTLY like little Russian flags. Coincidence? 9:51 AM - Feb 24, 2017 Terry Kalb @teka21bat Do these people even realize they are cheering another country? Make America Russian? t.co 11:30 AM - Feb 24, 2017 Tim Alberta ?@TimAlberta A section of people in the back of #CPAC2017 waving Russian flags -- a staffer just came and demanded they all be handed over. 9:27 AM - Feb 24, 2017 ............. huffingtonpost.com