Green Shirt Guy

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About

Green Shirt Guys, also known by the hashtag #GreenShirtGuy, is an online nickname for Alex Kack in reference to a viral video of him laughing at a supporter of United States President Donald Trump. The man became the subject of numerous reaction videos and image macros.

Origin

On August 6th, 2019, reporter Nick VinZant tweeted a video of a man in a green shirt laughing at a protester who expresses support for President Trump's immigration policy against Sanctuary Cities at a City Council Meeting in Tuscon Arizona. They captioned the video, "Scene inside a Tucson City Council Meeting. Officials voted to put a 'Sanctuary City' measure on the November ballot." The post received more than 1.7 million views, 26,000 likes and 5,200 retweets in 24 hours (shown below).

Spread

Following the release of the video, the hashtag #GreenShirtGuy and the clip went viral on Twitter. Twitter^[1] user @Osman__13 tweeted the video with the caption, "LMFAOOOOOOO there is sooo much going on here, Red and white shirt guy literally booed her out 😂😂 'You are in direct violation of being a jackass.'" The post received more than 4,600 likes and 1,100 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, left).

Twitter^[2] user @mmpadellan tweeted a series of images of the man laughing with the caption, "Thank you #GreenShirtGuy for being ALL OF US. We needed this." Within 24 hours, the tweet received more than 6,400 likes and 1,400 retweets (shown below, center).

Comedian Patton Oswalt tweeted^[3] about the video. He wrote, "#GreenShirtGuy is @Alex_Kack. And I love him. I love you @Alex_Kack. Please promise me you will befriend Banjo Man, walk the earth together, and get into adventures." The tweet received more than 4,000 likes and 600 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, right).

Several media outlets covered the video, including Mashable, ^[4] Heavy,^[5] The Daily Dot, ^[6] The Hill^[7] and more.

Identity

That day, a man named Alex Kack claimed to be the man in the video. He retweeted^[8] the video with the caption, "Guys look I'm famous." The post received more than 12,000 likes and 1,600 retweets in 24 hours (shown below).

They followed the tweet by sharing a link to the pro-immigration charity Keep Families Together. He wrote, "In all seriousness they were there to protest Tucson's citizen lead Sanctuary Initiative which is under attack by the local GOP." The tweet received more than 1,800 likes and 600 retweets. (shown below).