Matt Walsh In Disguise At The DNC

About

Matt Walsh In Disguise At The DNC refers to memes and posts about conservative commentator Matt Walsh dressing up in fake glasses and a wig to crash the Democratic National Convention on August 20th, 2024. X user @JoePerticone was the first to post about Walsh at the event, seemingly upon recognizing him, with more photos and videos of Walsh emerging that evening. Subsequent reports indicated that Walsh's disguise is the same as the one he uses in his upcoming film Am I Racist?

Origin

On August 20th, 2024, X^[1] user @JoePerticone posted an image of Matt Walsh dressed in a wig, fake glasses and a red hat at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The post gathered over 50,000 likes in a day (seen below).

The disguise is notably the same as the one used by Walsh in his upcoming film Am I Racist?, as seen at the 32-second timestamp in the YouTube^[6] trailer (shown below).

Spread

As word of his appearance began to spread online, various internet users posted replies to @JoePerticone's post, showing more angles and footage of Matt Walsh at the event. For example, on August 20th, 2024, X^[2] user @BlueATLGeorgia posted another angle of Walsh at the DNC, gathering over 1,000 likes in a day (seen below).

Also on August 20th, X^[3] user @bronson_smith posted a clip showing Walsh repeatedly walking behind people being interviewed at the convention (seen below), receiving over 91,000 views and 300 likes in a day.

Various X users also posted jokes about Walsh's appearance at the DNC in disguise, including X^[4] user @DGKMusic, who made a You Know the Butcher? meme on August 20th about the convention being a "trap" for Walsh in reference to the 2024 M. Night Shyamalan film Trap. The post gathered over 10,000 likes in a day (seen below).

On August 21st, 2024, X^[5] user @AbbyHiggs posted a They Don't Know Wojak meme about Walsh, gathering over 2,000 likes in less than a day (seen below).

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