Video of Brampton man clearing snow with lawnmower goes viral: 'Not the best and brightest'

A short video showing a man in Brampton using a regular lawnmower to clear snow from his driveway has gone viral on Canadian social media.

“A short video showing a man in Brampton using a regular lawnmower to clear snow from his driveway has gone viral on Canadian social media”

The Times of India

The clip shows the man pushing an electric or gas-powered push mower back and forth over a thin layer of snow and ice on a residential driveway.

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The mower blades spin but mostly scatter the wet snow instead of removing it cleanly.

Some shots show sparks or little progress.

Multiple cars and a townhouse-style home appear in the background.

The post that helped push it viral came from journalist Chris Brunet, who wrote: "this video of a Brampton man clearing his driveway of snow with a lawnmower is going viral on Canadian social media."

It received hundreds of likes, reposts, and quotes within hours.

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Other accounts, including @RTNToronto, shared a similar version, saying: "Someone really used a lawn mower to clean the snow/ice in Brampton."

Some conservative influencers and accounts claimed the man in the viral video is an Indian immigrant and criticized the Canadian government for allocating "hundreds of thousands of such people" in the country.

“A short video showing a man in Brampton using a regular lawnmower to clear snow from his driveway has gone viral on Canadian social media”

The Times of India

There is no verified source confirming the man cleaning ice and snow with a lawnmower is Indian, and the article provides no confirmed information about the individual's identity.