On April 5, 2025, a staged anti American spectacle unfolded across the U.S. as thousands of paid actors swarmed the streets for the so-called Hands Off rallies, a calculated hit job on President Donald Trump and DOGE’s Elon Musk. These weren’t genuine protesters with a cause, they were hired performers, bused in, scripted, and paid to stir up chaos and push a narrative.
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In Raleigh, North Carolina, a mob of these actors, mostly white folks over 50, blocked a major roadway, forcing police to step in and break up the scene. Matt Van Swol, a local witness, caught the orchestrated drama on camera, noting the crowd’s suspiciously uniform demographic. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., Laura Loomer exposed the operation’s logistics, filming actors in Islamic garb, complete with keffiyehs and Palestinian flags, unloading from buses. She traced one of the vehicles to Summer Bus Tour Inc., a Chinese company and a clear sign of a well-funded production.
