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"Tricking him" by paying for him to say stuff over Cameo, something he agreed to.
In fact, the only way he didn't know what he was being tricked into was that he didn't read what he said before he said it since you can say no to any request. It was fucking obvious he was being trolled. Here's one of the things he was paid to, and did, say and it wasn't even the most ridiculous:
Enjoy being laughed out of court, George.
Holy fuck. Reading that, how was it not obviously a troll/joke? Are our politicians that out of touch? Seriously. Are they actually that. Badly. Out. Of. Touch?
If so, I’ll be pouring one out for America. I know they are generally old, but come on!
Like I said, that wasn't even the most ridiculous one. This was. And yes, he said it.
TBF he got kicked out of congress for his shenanigans, is literally a national laughing stock for his idiocy, and also needed the money badly so likely would have said anything. A lot of moving pieces with this guy.
No need to pour one out, at least, not over this.