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Florida shooting: Student David Hogg denies 'actor' claim

February 21, 2018 4:27 pm

A survivor of last week’s school shooting in Florida has denied claims he is an actor with an anti-gun agenda.

Speaking on CNN, student David Hogg said he was a witness.

Conspiracy theorists online have accused the survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High of being paid actors who travel between the sites of mass shootings.

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An aide to a Republican state representative has been fired for repeating the unsubstantiated claims.

David Hogg denounced the allegations on Tuesday night.

“I’m not a crisis actor,” David said in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

“I’m someone who had to witness this and live through this and I continue to be having to do that.”

“I’m not acting on anybody’s behalf.”