{"id":1347305,"date":"2022-02-27T14:08:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T19:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1347305"},"modified":"2022-02-27T14:10:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T19:10:10","slug":"nevertrumper-adam-kinzinger-falls-for-infamous-sam-hyde-prank-in-ghost-of-kyiv-tweet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevertrumper-adam-kinzinger-falls-for-infamous-sam-hyde-prank-in-ghost-of-kyiv-tweet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NeverTrumper Adam Kinzinger Falls for Infamous Sam Hyde Prank in &#039;Ghost of Kyiv&#039; Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnevertrumper-adam-kinzinger-falls-for-infamous-sam-hyde-prank-in-ghost-of-kyiv-tweet-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1347305&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">NeverTrump Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) fell victim to internet pranksters over the weekend, retweeting the viral hoax that the \u201cGhost of Kyiv,\u201d an alleged Ukrainian fighter ace, was a man called \u201cSamuyil Hyde.\u201d Tricksters are quick to spread memes naming American comedian Sam Hyde as the culprit in media events such as mass shootings. In this case, Rep. Kinzinger fell for a poor photoshop of Hyde into a cockpit along with an ethnic spin on his name.<\/p>\n<p>The meme, which spread quickly on social media after news of the \u201cGhost of Kyiv\u201d started to trend, is a variant on the long-running Sam Hyde prank, which claims that the American comedian Sam Hyde is responsible for newsworthy events, particularly those involving mass casualties.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In a now-deleted tweet, Rep. Kinzinger, who has been censured by the GOP for serving on the January 6 commission, during which he infamously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/27\/pelosi-republican-kinzinger-january\/\">broke down in tears<\/a>, retweeted one of the pranksters, praising \u201cSamuyil\u201d for \u201cowning\u201d the Russian air force.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17256266\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Adam-Kinzinger.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17256266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Adam-Kinzinger.jpeg\" alt=\"Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) wipes his eyes as he listens to testimony during the Select Committee investigation of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, during their first hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2021. - The committee is hearing testimony from members of the US Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department who tried to protect the Capitol against insurrectionists on January 6, 2021. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0(CHIP SOMODEVILLA\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4914871\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sam-hyde-joe-bernstein.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4914871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sam-hyde-joe-bernstein.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comedian Sam Hyde (YouTube)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe #ghostofkyiv has a name, and he has absolutely OWNED the Russian Airforce,\u201d said Rep. Kinzinger. \u201cGodspeed and more kills, Samuyil!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SamHydeKinzinger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20038258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SamHydeKinzinger.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"746\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The tweet was <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/tweet\/1497284272260059139\">archived by ProPublica\u2019s Politwoops project<\/a>, which tracks deleted tweets by public officials.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous pranksters delight in convincing media organizations and public officials that Sam Hyde is responsible for various headline-making events.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>In 2017, for example, pranksters briefly convinced Democrat congressman Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)\u00a0 that Sam Hyde was responsible for a mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Rep. Gonzalez then repeated the hoax on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Pranksters have spread other memes of Hyde participating in the conflict, such as one naming him as a fallen Ukrainian soldier.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ID of fallen Azov leader who was KIA by Russian &#8220;peacekeeping forces&#8221; earlier today in Luhansk <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uY6ptS8zef\">pic.twitter.com\/uY6ptS8zef<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddf2\u1f1fkio\ud83c\uddf2\u1f1f (@MankyKio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MankyKio\/status\/1495883170180476941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hyde himself, posting in character as a mock leftist, lambasted the war over \u201cDiet Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me: shocked, crying White Tears when Diet Russia is under attack<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile: 1000&#8217;s of Black Folx murdered by police in your hometown, no one says boo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RUy2on0kqT\">pic.twitter.com\/RUy2on0kqT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Hyde \ud83c\uddf3 (@wigger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wigger\/status\/1496906629576544265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u201cGhost of Kyiv\u201d is an alleged Ukrainian fighter ace, responsible, according to some viral social media posts, of shooting down six Russian planes.<\/p>\n<p>However, the existence of both the pilot and his alleged kill count are still unconfirmed, even by Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Some on social media continue to eagerly share unconfirmed rumors about the \u201cghost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GOK1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20038650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GOK1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"1313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author Jessica Scott shared a rumor that the \u201cghost\u201d is a female fighter pilot, only to later find out that the image she shared was from several years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GOK2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20038666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GOK2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Russian invasion of Ukraine has created fertile ground for rumors and hoaxes of all kinds.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter\u2019s fact-checkers, which reacted with lightning speed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2020\/05\/27\/twitter-fact-checks-president-trump-but-not-communist-china\/\">censor President Trump during the 2020 election<\/a>, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2020\/10\/15\/twitter-censors-second-new-york-post-bombshell-story-about-hunter-biden\/\">infamous Hunter Biden \u201claptop from hell\u201d stories<\/a>, do not appear to be taking significant action to contain misinformation and unconfirmed rumors around the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.\u00a0He is the author of\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DELETED-Techs-Battle-Movement-Election\/dp\/154605930X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#DELETED: Big Tech\u2019s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NeverTrump Rep. 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