A horrifically violent video which depicts President Trump massacring a group of journalists and political opponents inside a ‘church of fake news’ was shown to a group of his supporters at his Miami resort.
The disturbing video was shown at the Trump National Doral Miami last week, which was the site of a three-day conference held by a pro-Trump organization called American Priority.
The event was attended by former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders; the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr; and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
None claim to have seen the video, which is being circulated on the internet by Trump supporters.
Trump, during his campaign for re-election for 2020 has repeatedly called the media “the enemy of the people.”
The video is an edited version of the church massacre scene from the 2014 dark comedy film Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth.
It shows Trump’s head superimposed on Firth’s body as he walks into ‘the church of fake news,’ where the congregants represent major American news outlets like NBC, National Public Radio, Huffington Post, Politico, Vox, Vice News, The Hill, BuzzFeed News, and others.
Trump then goes on a killing rampage, using a gun and spear to shoot and stab the parishioners.
Among the victims – aside from ‘fake news’ – are prominent Democrats like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former President Barack Obama, Senator Bernie Sanders, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and others.
Senator Mitt Romney, a Republican who has frequently criticized Trump, is also one of Trump’s ‘victims.’
Other Trump ‘enemies’ who are shown as victims include MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski, actor Rosie O’Donnell, and financier George Soros.
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The New York Times reported that one of the people in attendance at the conference recorded the showing with a cell phone.
That person then asked an intermediary to send the clip to a Times reporter.
An organizer of the event told the Times that the video was shown as part of a ‘meme exhibit.’
‘Content was submitted by third parties and was not associated with or endorsed by the conference in any official capacity,’ said the organizer, Alex Phillips.
The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) condemned the video in a statement.
“The WHCA is horrified by a video reportedly shown over the weekend at a political conference organized by the president’s supporters,” Jonathan Karl, president of the association, said in a statement.
“All Americans should condemn this depiction of violence directed toward journalists and the president’s political opponents,” he said.
“We have previously told the president his rhetoric could incite violence. Now we call on him and everybody associated with this conference to denounce this video and affirm that violence has no place in our society.”
A gunman killed five people in a Maryland newspaper office in 2018 in one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history.
Near the end of the video, a Kathy Griffin look-alike is hit with a sledgehammer.
Griffin was widely condemned by Republicans when she posed with a mock severed head of Trump in 2017.
“I’m depicted as being murdered by The President of the United States in this video,” Griffin tweeted Sunday night. “The left, right & center left me hanging out to dry regarding the Trump mask photo. Please don’t let it happen again. No, this video isn’t a joke to his followers. And it will not be taken as such.”