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Walker Pranked by Koch Impersonator

HeadlineFeb 24, 2011

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker fell victim to a prank on Wednesday by a blogger pretending to be the right-wing billionaire David Koch. The blogger, Ian Murphy, spoke to Walker in a 20-minute recorded phone call. Impersonating Koch, Murphy offered to help Walker plant “troublemakers” at the demonstrations.

Ian Murphy, as David Koch: “We’ll back you any way we can. But what we were thinking about the crowds was planting some troublemakers.”

Gov. Scott Walker: “You know, well, the only problem with — because we thought about that. The problem with — or my only gut reaction to that would be right now the lawmakers I’ve talked to have just completely had it with them. The public is not really fond of this. My only fear would be, is if there was a ruckus caused, is that that would scare the public into thinking maybe the Governor’s got to settle to avoid all these problems.”

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