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Published 13:20 14 Sep 2020 GMT
A YouTube star has appeared to livestream himself allegedly pooping on the driveway of Rep. Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home on Saturday, dubbing the act a "peaceful protest", the New York Post reports.
The livestream, which has been imaginatively titled 'Poopalosi', has been viewed more than 20,000 times on YouTube at the time of writing.
You can see the bizarre moment for yourself right here, in the YouTube livestream video:
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The incident occurs roughly one hour and 17 minutes into the video above. Per New York Post, the video shows a man who identifies himself as Armando walking through the streets of San Francisco looking for Pelosi's home.
One there, he sets up a camera pointing at the driveway of the residence, standing there himself for several minutes before squatting down and appearing to defecate on the tarmac.
“That was for President Trump.” A voice can be heard saying off-camera.
As reported by The Sun, the stream was watched live by 1,200 people, some of whom were sending the man donations.
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Speaking exclusively to the New York Post, Armando - or Mando as he prefers to be known - said that he is "not really very political" and that his comment about Trump was supposed to be "satire".
"I fear America is becoming one big burned down city," he added.
In a follow-up video titled 'I’m gonna need a lawyer', Armando claims that he was detained by officers with the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police soon after the incident took place. The arrest apparently occurred at the behest of the Capitol Police department, an agency tasked with protecting members of Congress.
“It was scary, man,” he said, before continuing: “They asked me about Kamala Harris, and about how I joked on the stream that if she lived in San Francisco I’d s–t on her house too.
“They weren’t f***ing playing.”
A Twitter account claiming to be Armando later apologized for the incident in a now-deleted tweet. Per the New York Post, the tweet read:
“@SpeakerPelosi I know you may not ever see this but I want you to know, I meant no foul harm yesterday when I did what I did. I’m not proud of it at all and I just would like for you to know that. I have no ill will against you or anyone in an elected officials position.”
A BART Police spokesperson did confirm the account to the Post, but did not provide any further information.
Armando also told the outlet that the act is "not something [he's] particularly proud of", but does hope that his "peaceful protest" will inspire those in power to provide more resources to the homeless.
"What better way to show someone the message, you know?" he said. "We need more access to bathrooms, we need more access to resources out here."
In addition, Speaker Pelosi's office and Capitol Police have yet to respond to requests for comment, the publication states.
