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<p>What makes an internet legend? Sometimes it&#39;s as simple as being in the right place at the right time. A guy in a green shirt has gone viral after appearing at a Tuscon City Council meeting which was interrupted by an anti-immigration protestor in a MAGA hat yelling about immigration laws and carrying a sign that says &quot;Respect our laws or we WILL deport you.&quot; While others in the crowd yell &quot;boo!&quot; in an attempt to drown out her yelling, a guy in the green shirt sitting in front of her can&#39;t stop cracking up. He was captured in a video taken by a reporter, which was shared on Twitter, where it went viral. #Greenshirtguy is now trending, and being widely hailed as a &quot;hero&quot; for reacting to anti-immigration rhetoric for what it is: an absurd joke.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scene inside a Tucson City Council Meeting. Officials voted to put a &quot;Sanctuary City&quot; measure on the November ballot <a href="https://t.co/mEh4PNj0Wo">pic.twitter.com/mEh4PNj0Wo</a></p>&mdash; Nick VinZant (@NickVinZant) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickVinZant/status/1158936728557633537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>For some background: the woman&#39;s protest was apparently prompted by officials voting to put a measure on the ballot that would propose making Tucson a &quot;sanctuary city&quot; for immigrants.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Two notes:<br>1) The city was legally required to put the measure on the ballot because the group proposing the initiative collected enough signatures<br><br>2) The people asked to leave did not speak during a public comment period held right before the vote</p>&mdash; Nick VinZant (@NickVinZant) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickVinZant/status/1158936730797428736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>At one point someone told her &quot;you are in direct violation for being a jacka**&quot; before she was booed out of the room.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LMFAOOOOOOO there is sooo much going on here, <br><br>Red and white shirt guy literally booed her out 😂😂<br><br>“You are in direct violation of being a jackass 🤣🤣🤣” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenShirtGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenShirtGuy</a> <a href="https://t.co/qQQFhqXKj1">pic.twitter.com/qQQFhqXKj1</a></p>&mdash; Oskaer 🧬 (@Oskaer__13) <a href="https://twitter.com/Oskaer__13/status/1159137743760285696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>There was also a guy with a banjo.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For people asking about the guy with the banjo. Here he is. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenShirtGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenShirtGuy</a> <a href="https://t.co/G2gUCiNumm">pic.twitter.com/G2gUCiNumm</a></p>&mdash; Nick VinZant (@NickVinZant) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickVinZant/status/1159154825428258816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The whole event was a sh*t show, but #greenshirtguy undoubtedly stole the show, becoming today&#39;s viral internet star.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I want to be friends with the green shirt guy!</p>&mdash; ACatc (@AlanCline09) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlanCline09/status/1158945793203556352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenShirtGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenShirtGuy</a> is the hero we all need and want. Not all heroes wear capes but this hero wears a green shirt <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/59UVi77LBM">pic.twitter.com/59UVi77LBM</a></p>&mdash; 🥀ꪑꪊꪀꪖ🇨🇦 (@MunaNawabit1) <a href="https://twitter.com/MunaNawabit1/status/1159155607712227329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some heroes don’t wear capes <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenShirtGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenShirtGuy</a> <a href="https://t.co/0WZJ1GyBvb">pic.twitter.com/0WZJ1GyBvb</a></p>&mdash; Lou Cappetta (@lou_cappetta) <a href="https://twitter.com/lou_cappetta/status/1159137064908218368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenShirtGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenShirtGuy</a> for being ALL OF US. We needed this. <a href="https://t.co/dGHDcyz74M">pic.twitter.com/dGHDcyz74M</a></p>&mdash; BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1159140206009880577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Zackiscool44/status/1159141686251048966</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’ve never publicly declared anyone a “zaddy”. Until now. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenShirtGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenShirtGuy</a> <a href="https://t.co/AHOF0QzznV">https://t.co/AHOF0QzznV</a></p>&mdash; Sara Schaefer (@saraschaefer1) <a href="https://twitter.com/saraschaefer1/status/1159146389147799553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How does <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TucsonCityCouncil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TucsonCityCouncil</a> deal with racists? Laugh them out. This was one of the best ones I&#39;ve seen. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenShirtGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenShirtGuy</a> just broke the internet and I&#39;m weak! Thanks Alex for making my day! <a href="https://t.co/nShckcep0t">https://t.co/nShckcep0t</a></p>&mdash; Lydia Guzman (@LydiaGuzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/LydiaGuzman/status/1159134664860168194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Green shirt guy has been identified as Alex Kack.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenShirtGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenShirtGuy</a> is <a href="https://twitter.com/Alex_Kack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Alex_Kack</a>. And I love him. I love you <a href="https://twitter.com/Alex_Kack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Alex_Kack</a>. Please promise me you will befriend Banjo Man, walk the earth together, and get into adventures. <a href="https://t.co/nQMLdcwsAS">https://t.co/nQMLdcwsAS</a></p>&mdash; Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) <a href="https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1159159192852127744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>People who know him are confirming that he is, in fact, &quot;rad.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He used to be my neighbor! He’s a rad dude!</p>&mdash; Erin Leigh (@els1390) <a href="https://twitter.com/els1390/status/1158958869311348736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Here&#39;s what the green shirt guy himself has to say about all the attention:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is unreal, you guys are wild.</p>&mdash; Alex Kack (@Alex_Kack) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alex_Kack/status/1159136331466887168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>This guy urged everyone to channel #greenshirtguy energy next time their space is invaded by someone spewing MAGA rhetoric:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I kinda love that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenShirtGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenShirtGuy</a> is trending.<br><br>Let&#39;s ALL be <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenShirtGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenShirtGuy</a> when MAGA idiots show up in public.</p>&mdash; Spry Guy (@SpryGuy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpryGuy/status/1159153804715220992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Is the best response to MAGA ridiculousness to just laugh at it? Maybe worth a shot. I agree with this person, that we all need a little laughter right now.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">IN CONCLUSION: The disturbing girl, the green shirt guy (the star), the red &amp; white shirt guy (co-star), and the banjo guy in the rear(special guest). It doesn&#39;t get any better than this. America needs to laugh right now <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenShirtGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenShirtGuy</a></p>&mdash; VIE-V2 (@DJVANTHONI) <a href="https://twitter.com/DJVANTHONI/status/1159142709631713280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And when you&#39;re done laughing, here&#39;s how you can help:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In all seriousness they were there to protest Tucson&#39;s citizen lead Sanctuary Intiative which is under attack by the local GOP, you can help at: <a href="https://t.co/iOCDLN5mGd">https://t.co/iOCDLN5mGd</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/defendsanctuary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#defendsanctuary</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenShirtGuy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenShirtGuy</a></p>&mdash; Alex Kack (@Alex_Kack) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alex_Kack/status/1159154191429861377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Now get out there and be the green shirt guy you wish to see in the world.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In case you need the gif: <a href="https://t.co/QMnjarCnhq">pic.twitter.com/QMnjarCnhq</a></p>&mdash; SleepyAlien (@sleepyalien420) <a href="https://twitter.com/sleepyalien420/status/1158967221441318912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

'Green shirt guy' cracking up at MAGA protestor becomes viral internet star.

What makes an internet legend? Sometimes it&#39;s as simple as being in the right place at the right time. A guy in a green shirt has gone viral after appearing at a Tuscon City Council meeting which was interrupted by an anti-immigration protestor in a MAGA hat yelling about immigration laws and carrying a sign that says &quot;Respect our laws or we WILL deport you.&quot; While others in the crowd yell &quot;boo!&quot; in an attempt to drown out her yelling, a guy in the green shirt sitting in front of her can&#39;t stop cracking up. He was captured in a video taken by a reporter, which was shared on Twitter, where it went viral. #Greenshirtguy is now trending, and being widely hailed as a &quot;hero&quot; for reacting to anti-immigration rhetoric for what it is: an absurd joke.Scene inside a Tucson City Council Meeting. Officials voted to put a &quot;Sanctuary City&quot; measure on the November ballot pic.twitter.com/mEh4PNj0Wo&mdash; Nick VinZant (@NickVinZant) August 7, 2019 For some background: the woman&#39;s protest was apparently prompted by officials voting to put a measure on the ballot that would propose making Tucson a &quot;sanctuary city&quot; for immigrants.Two notes:1) The city was legally required to put the measure on the ballot because the group proposing the initiative collected enough signatures2) The people asked to leave did not speak during a public comment period held right before the vote&mdash; Nick VinZant (@NickVinZant) August 7, 2019 At one point someone told her &quot;you are in direct violation for being a jacka**&quot; before she was booed out of the room.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 🤣🤣🤣” #GreenShirtGuy pic.twitter.com/qQQFhqXKj1&mdash; Oskaer 🧬 (@Oskaer__13) August 7, 2019 There was also a guy with a banjo.For people asking about the guy with the banjo. Here he is. #GreenShirtGuy pic.twitter.com/G2gUCiNumm&mdash; Nick VinZant (@NickVinZant) August 7, 2019 The whole event was a sh*t show, but #greenshirtguy undoubtedly stole the show, becoming today&#39;s viral internet star.I want to be friends with the green shirt guy!&mdash; ACatc (@AlanCline09) August 7, 2019 #GreenShirtGuy is the hero we all need and want. Not all heroes wear capes but this hero wears a green shirt  pic.twitter.com/59UVi77LBM&mdash; 🥀ꪑꪊꪀꪖ🇨🇦 (@MunaNawabit1) August 7, 2019 Some heroes don’t wear capes #GreenShirtGuy pic.twitter.com/0WZJ1GyBvb&mdash; Lou Cappetta (@lou_cappetta) August 7, 2019 Thank you #GreenShirtGuy for being ALL OF US. We needed this. pic.twitter.com/dGHDcyz74M&mdash; BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) August 7, 2019 https://twitter.com/Zackiscool44/status/1159141686251048966I’ve never publicly declared anyone a “zaddy”. Until now. #GreenShirtGuy https://t.co/AHOF0QzznV&mdash; Sara Schaefer (@saraschaefer1) August 7, 2019 How does #TucsonCityCouncil deal with racists? Laugh them out. This was one of the best ones I&#39;ve seen. #GreenShirtGuy just broke the internet and I&#39;m weak! Thanks Alex for making my day! https://t.co/nShckcep0t&mdash; Lydia Guzman (@LydiaGuzman) August 7, 2019 Green shirt guy has been identified as Alex Kack.#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. https://t.co/nQMLdcwsAS&mdash; Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 7, 2019 People who know him are confirming that he is, in fact, &quot;rad.&quot;He used to be my neighbor! He’s a rad dude!&mdash; Erin Leigh (@els1390) August 7, 2019 Here&#39;s what the green shirt guy himself has to say about all the attention:This is unreal, you guys are wild.&mdash; Alex Kack (@Alex_Kack) August 7, 2019 This guy urged everyone to channel #greenshirtguy energy next time their space is invaded by someone spewing MAGA rhetoric:I kinda love that #GreenShirtGuy is trending.Let&#39;s ALL be #GreenShirtGuy when MAGA idiots show up in public.&mdash; Spry Guy (@SpryGuy) August 7, 2019 Is the best response to MAGA ridiculousness to just laugh at it? Maybe worth a shot. I agree with this person, that we all need a little laughter right now.IN CONCLUSION: The disturbing girl, the green shirt guy (the star), the red &amp; white shirt guy (co-star), and the banjo guy in the rear(special guest). It doesn&#39;t get any better than this. America needs to laugh right now #GreenShirtGuy&mdash; VIE-V2 (@DJVANTHONI) August 7, 2019 And when you&#39;re done laughing, here&#39;s how you can help:In all seriousness they were there to protest Tucson&#39;s citizen lead Sanctuary Intiative which is under attack by the local GOP, you can help at: https://t.co/iOCDLN5mGd. #defendsanctuary #GreenShirtGuy&mdash; Alex Kack (@Alex_Kack) August 7, 2019 Now get out there and be the green shirt guy you wish to see in the world.In case you need the gif: pic.twitter.com/QMnjarCnhq&mdash; SleepyAlien (@sleepyalien420) August 7, 2019 

What makes an internet legend? Sometimes it&#39;s as simple as being in the right place at the right time. A guy in a green shirt has gone viral after appearing at a Tuscon City Council meeting which was interrupted by an anti-immigration...