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  • 2017-02-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Stephen Colbert and Rachel Maddow Launch a 'Fire the Fool' Anti-Trump Rally? (en)
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  • In February 2017, the web site Fire the Fool announced that they were planning to hold a rally against President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. on 1 April 2017 (i.e., April Fools' Day): Shortly after, a message started circulating in private Facebook groups claiming that political television personalities Stephen Colbert and Rachel Maddow were the ones behind the event: Whether or not a Fire the Fool rally is actually being planned for 1 April 2017 or is simply a joke in accordance with the announced date remains to be seen, but in any case Stephen Colbert and Rachel Maddow are not involved with the putative rally's organization. On 5 February 2017, the Fire the Fool twitter account issued a statement in an attempt to address the confusion: MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow and Late Show host Stephen Colbert also took to Twitter to disassociate themselves from the event: The erroneous rumor that Stephen Colbert and Rachel Maddow were involved with the event and the fact that the Fire the Fool rally is being planned for 1 April 2017 (April Fool's Day), has led some onlookers to be skeptical that efforts to plan such an event are genuine. But Fire the Fool insists that their announcement is no joke: (en)
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