NH lawmaker falls for ‘cartoonish’ hoax 9/11 video. (The flying saucer was the giveaway)

In 2011, YouTube comedian Eddie Current devised a little experiment.

In his ongoing battle with “truthers” who believe 7 World Trade Center was demolished intentionally rather than brought down by terrorists on 9/11, Current made a hoax video.

He began with CBS News footage of Building 7’s collapse. He mirrored the image. He added “all sorts of crazy detonations” and a soundtrack. He sped up the collapse. He even inserted a flying saucer and a hidden message that read: “This is a hoax, gullible nutjobs!”

Then he posted it on YouTube. “It immediately started a truther frenzy,” Current reported. “Many 9/11 ‘Truthers’ weren’t fooled by my ridiculous fake video of 7 World Trade Center being taken down by controlled demolition. But those who were, well….. gullible people are gullible.”

Count one Granite State lawmaker among that group. Today Rep. Max Abramson (R-Seabrook) posted a link to the hoax video from The People’s Voice (”A global news organization dedicated to reporting the information, background and opinions the mainstream media won’t touch”).

“So… They did demolish Building 7,” he wrote. It was the second truther video Abramson has posted in as many weeks.

“Oh FFS,” a Facebook friend replied, “this is an edited video made to mock gullible people who’ll believe anything they see on the Internet.”

A few hours later, the post was deleted.