The Good Liars

Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler were both born in the 1980's,[3] with Selvig being born on November 5.[4] They developed a friendship through their shared involvement in the New York City comedy scene as well as through playing basketball together.[5]

Selvig and Stiefler made their debut as the comedy duo The Good Liars during the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement in which they, while being dressed up as investment bankers, created a satirical "Occupy Occupy Wall Street" movement.[6][7] This prank initially confused the media, who interviewed the duo and mistakenly believed their satirical claims of being "proud members of the 1%."[3][5][8] The act also managed to fool actual investment bankers, who, thinking the duo were serious, joined their counter-protests. As a result, the duo took the opportunity to make statements to poke fun at them, such as, in the words of Selvig, "If we keep doing this, we're gonna have to bump our cocaine addiction and sell our fourth house in the Hamptons."[6]

The Good Liars have done multiple acts that have gone viral on social media, such as in January 2016 when the duo infiltrated a Trump campaign in Iowa and yelled at Trump, calling him "boring" and saying that they "came here to be entertained", until they were escorted out.[9]

In response to the book bannings occurring in the United States, Selvig and Stiefler made a video tricking Republican supporters into thinking that the bible should be banned in schools by describing to them about the presence of a book in school libraries containing "a story of two daughters having sex with their dad" in which "they get their dad drunk to have sex with him" and letting them react prior to revealing that the book in question is the bible. The specific story mentioned in the video comes from Genesis 19:30–38 in the bible.[10]

In late May 2022, during an annual National Rifle Association of America conference, Selvig delivered a speech to Wayne LaPierre, the head of the organization. During his speech, he mockingly expressed gratitude towards him for the thoughts and prayers he has offered to the victims and families of mass shootings, response to criticisms that LaPierre has not taken sufficient action to prevent mass shootings.[11][12] In addition to his speech, Selvig interviewed various attendees of the conference, one of whom was a man wearing a shirt featuring the Confederate flag. Selvig questioned the man about the flag's association with racism and slavery. Upon being asked multiple times about his stance on slavery, the man responded with "no comment" and left the interview.[13]