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Sacha Baron Cohen’s new Showtime series has made monkeys out of a number of conservative activists and politicians — including one Pennsylvania lawmaker who apparently remains clueless that he was duped weeks later.

Cohen’s “Who Is America?” presented a fake pro-Israel award to a number of political figures called “70 at 70” on behalf of a non-existent Israeli TV outlet called “Yerushalayim Television,” Think Progress reported Friday.

Cohen’s team told its unsuspecting victims they were being honored for their “significant contributions to the State of Israel.”

But weeks after the setup was revealed, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) was still listing the award on his campaign website.

Perry lists the fake prize — incorrectly calling it “70 for 70″ — on his “Awards and Recognition” page next to his 2018 “True Blue Award” from the anti-LGBTQ Family Research Council and his 2010 Leadership Award from the Republican Party of Pennsylvania, the liberal website reported.

As of 3 p.m. Friday, the award was still listed on the website, Patriots for Perry.

A rep for Perry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Perry has a history of distorting reality.

In October, he falsely accused CNN’s Chris Cuomo of inventing the post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico crisis.

And in January, he promoted an InfoWars conspiracy that linked ISIS with the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas.

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