Joey Salads

Joseph Saladino is an American YouTube personality and prankster from New York City. His main channel, Joey Salads, has a total of 500 million video views and 2.5 million subscribers.[1][2]

Joey Salads
Personal information
BornJoseph Saladino

New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationYouTube personality
Websitejoeysalads.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
GenreComedy
Subscribers2.5 million
Total views500 million
Not to be confused with Joseph Saladino.

Personal life

Saladino grew up in Prince's Bay, Staten Island, New York City.[3][4] His former boss, the manager of a local pizzeria, has stated that Saladino "tweaked operations" to force the restaurant to run more efficiently.[1]

Saladino attended classes at the College of Staten Island, but claims to have "learned nothing" there and dropped out to pursue his YouTube career.[3][4] He was removed from social media platform Twitter in May 2020. A spokesperson from Twitter stated, “the account was permanently suspended for repeated violations of our platform manipulation and spam policy.”[5]

Career

YouTube

Saladino registered the Joey Salads YouTube account in 2012, and uploaded roughly one video per week. Many of his early videos were Jackass-style pranks,[3] though his content became more political following Donald Trump's bid for President in 2016.[1] He has described his videos as "edgy" and "dumb pranks" made to entertain.[6]

Saladino has admitted to staging pranks on more than one occasion.[7] He has been criticized for faking his prank and social experiment videos, as well as for promoting a narrative that portrays African Americans as violent.[8] In his video "Black people don't like Trump", published in 2016, Saladino leaves a car with Donald Trump campaign stickers in a mostly African American neighborhood. Then several African Americans appear, break into the car, and break its windows. After receiving backlash from critics including h3h3Productions for misportraying black Americans,[9] Saladino admitted the video was staged with actors and apologized.[10]

Congressional campaign

In 2019, despite having no professional political experience, Saladino began campaigning for the Republican primary in New York's 11th congressional district, which encompasses Staten Island and a small section of Brooklyn.[7] His campaign raised a total of $66,704.22 during this time.[11][12] Saladino withdrew his candidacy on December 13, 2019,[13][14] and stated his endorsement for fellow Republican candidate Joe Caldarera.[14] He has been accused of running to boost his public profile.[15]

Saladino was incorrectly identified as attending the "Unite The Right" protest at Charlottesville after a photo of him wearing a swastika armband began circulating on Twitter. Saladino was in Jamaica during the event, and the image was taken from a prank video he had uploaded to YouTube months beforehand.[16][17][18]

He filed a formal complaint against congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in response to the congresswoman blocking him on Twitter, citing a ruling that prevents elected officials from censoring speech on public forums.[19][20][21]

References
  1. Kelly, Makena (July 11, 2019). "How Joey Salads could meme his way into Congress". The Verge. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. "Joey Salads's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  3. Marantz, Andrew. "Joey Salads Gets Out the Vote". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  4. "Controversial YouTube prankster Joey Salads folding congressional bid". silive. December 13, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  5. "Joey Salads permanently suspended by Twitter". The Daily Dot. May 12, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  6. Burch, Sean (August 16, 2017). "Trump Fan Misidentified as Charlottesville Protester Speaks Out About Death Threats, Lost Business". TheWrap. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  7. "Controversial YouTube 'personality' Joey Salads running for Congress". NewsComAu. August 1, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  8. Sommer, Will (May 3, 2019). "Joey Salads, YouTube Star Famous for Racist Pranks, Launches Congressional Bid". The Daily Beast. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  9. "How Pranksters Are Ruining Society..." YouTube. October 18, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  10. Wendling, Mike (October 19, 2019). "'Black people don't like Trump' video was staged". BBC. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  11. thewritingbum (July 24, 2019). "Far-right trolls are getting paid to help Joey Salads run for Congress". The Daily Dot. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  12. "SALADINO FOR CONGRESS - committee overview". FEC.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  13. "Joey Saladino". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  14. Adams, Rose. "Controversial Youtuber ends bid for congressional seat". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  15. Chávez, Aída (October 11, 2019). "Twitter Tips the Scale Toward Incumbents by Refusing to Verify Primary Challengers". The Intercept. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  16. Kaser, Rachel (September 28, 2017). "The consequences of online vigilantism". The Next Web. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  17. Victor, Daniel (August 14, 2017). "Amateur Sleuths Aim to Identify Charlottesville Marchers, but Sometimes Misfire". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  18. Sommer, Will (September 16, 2019). "MAGA Heads Have a New Scheme: Running for Congress". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  19. "YouTube Star Turned Congressional Candidate Joey Salads Sues AOC For Blocking Him On Twitter". Porter Medium. July 9, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  20. Paul, Deanna. "Ocasio-Cortez faces lawsuits for blocking Twitter critics after appeals court ruling on Trump". Washington Post. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  21. Mays, Jeffery C. (July 10, 2019). "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Sued for Blocking Critics on Twitter". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
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