A viral video of supposed Bloomberg supporters dancing in unison has turned out to be a comedy sketch.
Look out #TeamPete because us Bloomberg Heads have our own dance! Taken at the Mike Bloomberg rally in Beverly Hills. #Bloomberg2020 #MovesLikeBloomberg pic.twitter.com/UCNo0fRZcE
— Nick Ciarelli (@nickciarelli) December 13, 2019
Ciarelli, a comedian, took the joke far, changing his Twitter bio to “Communications intern @Mike2020 @BostonCollege grad. Lover of all things pizza,” and adding a Bloomberg 2020 header to his background.
Team Bloomberg played along for a while, tweeting:
To clarify, @NickCiarelli is not an intern for our campaign. And he does not have moves like Bloomberg.
Nick, apply to work for us here: https://bit.ly/2PhWhP9
Wait are you firing me?
— Nick Ciarelli (@nickciarelli) December 13, 2019
The prank was a parody of a (real) viral dance by Pete Buttigieg supporters.
Team @PeteButtigieg showing off their dance moves early this morning ahead of today’s #SteakFry in Iowa. pic.twitter.com/ZyCEehrz9A
— Rachel Scott (@rachelvscott) September 21, 2019
The Buttigieg supporters dance has been widely mocked on social media.
i said Mayo Pete 2020 https://t.co/bmmZj3MZlV pic.twitter.com/fFdNQWykRU
— digital kristen, for the many (@kristensoulina) November 10, 2019
Per BuzzfeedNews, Ciarelli is actually a comedian with the group Upright Citizens Brigade. Per the UCB website, he and his writing partner Brad Evans host a monthly sketch comedy show — the most recent of which was Thursday night.
Comedian and Desus & Mero writer Ziwe Fumudoh confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the video was filmed Thursday night at the comedy show. Fumudoh was in the show and documented the recording in her Instagram story.
This article first appeared on TheConservativeOpinion.com
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