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  • 2017-02-10 (xsd:date)
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  • Would Decorated Vermont State Trooper Arcot Ramathorn Be Affected by U.S. Entry Restrictions? (en)
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  • On 7 February 2017 the Facebook page Awesome Sh*t My Drill Sergeant Said shared an image macro holding that Vermont State Trooper Arcot Ramathorn, a highly decorated officer who is also an Iraqi Muslim, would be denied entry into the U.S. under temporary travel restrictions sought by President Trump: In fact, this image does not show not any real Vermont state trooper; rather, it was taken from the 2001 comedy film Super Troopers, in which Five Vermont state troopers, avid pranksters with a knack for screwing up, try to save their jobs and out-do the local police department by solving a crime. Depicted in the photograph is actor Jay Chandrasekhar, who portrayed Arcot Ramathorn (or Thorny) in the movie. Arcot Ramathorn himself is a fictional character and as such is not affected by any new or existing U.S. entry restrictions. Confusion caused by this image was not dissimilar to a Christmas warning involving burglars Harry and Marv from the Home Alone series of films, or a claim asserting that President Trump had placed a portrait of Vigo the Carpathian in the Oval Office. (en)
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