Borat returned to American TV screens last night as Sacha Baron Cohen brought the character back for a spoof campaign video supporting Donald Trump.
In his first onscreen appearance since 2012, the bumbling Kazakh journalist went door-to-door in a California neighborhood for an election special broadcast of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
The skit saw Borat vowing to tamper with the electorate’s midterm elections, declaring ‘it’s up to Kazakhstan to swing the election for Premier Trump’ and knocking over a ‘polling place’ sign.
Borat returned to American TV screens last night as Sacha Baron Cohen brought the character back for a spoof campaign video supporting Donald Trump
In his first onscreen appearance since 2012, the bumbling Kazakh journalist went door-to-door in Los Angeles for an election special broadcast of ‘ Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
In one scene, having been invited into the home of a Trump supporter, he asks: ‘Who are the fake news who say that [Trump] is not a racist?’
The man replies: ‘In my opinion the fake news people say he is a racist and I don’t believe he is, I don’t see any evidence of that.’
A confused Borat replies: ‘But what is the problem being a racist? I am a racist, it is nice.’ The man disagrees.
In another scene, Borat knocks on a door to be greeted by a woman. The backward journalist seems confused when told there is not a man he can speak to – and even more perplexed when informed she is allowed to vote.
‘It is not against the law?’ he asks, dressed in his iconic grey suit.
But he perks up on finding out she is a Trump supporter, saying: ‘We hear there are nasty fake news people who say Donald Trump is bad to immigrant children – we hear that he keep the Mexican children in cages? Is true?’
Later in the sketch, the famously anti-Semitic presenter devises a plan to stop a Jewish Democrat from reaching a polling station by blocking him strips of bacon and shouting ‘you shall not pass’
He then laughs and offers her a high five, which she accepts, before adding: ‘Cage for them is nicest place they have ever been?’
He also suggests feeding them was a ‘waste of money’.
Later in the sketch, the famously anti-Semitic presenter devises a plan to stop a Jewish Democrat from reaching a polling station by blocking him strips of bacon and shouting ‘you shall not pass’.
After another excruciating conversation with an elderly Republican voter, he signs off: ‘Back to you now Jimmy, you liberal elitist, Hollywood bubble globalist Jew mouthpiece.’
Cohen’s film Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan was a huge success when it was released in 2006, raking in $261 million worldwide.
He also picked up a Golden Globe Best Actor in a Motion Picture award for his comedy performance.