Ben Bowling, this year's valedictorian at Bell County High School in Kentucky, pulled off one hell of a senior prank during his graduation speech on Saturday. The 18 year-old read off a quote he jokingly attributed to President Donald Trump, as reported by USA Today.
"Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table," he read, adding the attribution, "Donald J. Trump." The audience of Kentuckians cheered him on, but those cheers quickly turned into a chorus of groans when Bowling revealed he was kidding — and revealed the quote was actually from Barack Obama.
"I just thought it was a really good quote," Bowling told the Courier Journal. "Most people wouldn’t like it if I used it, so I thought I’d use Donald Trump’s name. It is southeastern Kentucky after all."
Thankfully, Bowling said he did not get any backlash about his speech and most folks found the situation funny.
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