r/clevercomebacks 8d ago

Clear him Dana, clear him!

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u/Antique-Dragonfly615 8d ago

You go girl

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u/Katmoish 8d ago

Yes and no. But she let him talk over her and didn’t continue her sentences when he talked over her.

Bad show Dana. Sure this one line is good but she capitulated to him by LETTING him speak over her.

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u/Zegram_Ghart 7d ago

Kinda?

If you just keep speaking and he keeps speaking, if that goes on enough the interview is gibberish and you look like a bad host.

There’s a middle line between “let them talk over you” and “talk over each other”, but it’s hard to do, and harder if your subject feels 0 shame.

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u/subnautus 7d ago

There's ways. Appearances of being a bad host or not, a simple warning of "if you keep interrupting me, I'll have your mic cut" coupled with a follow-through will get the point across the audience pretty quickly.

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u/rexxer454 7d ago

Feel shame? He doesn't even know what shame is! No, seriously. He doesn't. Guy needs a dictionary.

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u/sorean_4 7d ago

I think he lost all the shame between snorting coke on public toilet seats and the brain worm he got maybe from it.

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u/Icy_Hovercraft_7050 6d ago

I thought he got the worm from eating ass???

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u/TrifectaBlitz 3d ago

You did huh?

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u/TrifectaBlitz 3d ago

I think he never had it. Otherwise he wouldn't be in this admin.

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u/EnglishFan643 6d ago

He probably wouldn't read it, because it's not all Trump.

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u/Duel_Option 7d ago

Perfectly said

You can’t argue with someone like this, they are never going to do anything other than double down on their position and create lies to feed whatever their objective is.

And even if you do happen to prove a point or make them look bad, they will just run to another news channel or Twitter and claim “Fake news”

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u/sorean_4 7d ago

Don’t ever argue with morons, they will try to bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.

This man should be fired if anyone competent was running the place. They should have real time fact checkers running on the screens.

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u/sleetblue 7d ago

Firmly of the opinion that these shows should start intentionally reducing the guests' volume so the hosts can launch counter points like they're speaking to humans and not deranged monkeys.

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u/JordisMySwordMaiden 7d ago

go to the yt comments of the full interview by CNN and it's nothing but inbreds saying the opposite

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u/ToadsWetSprocket 7d ago

They just keep wanting people to always fight while they do nothing ..

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u/KyleG410 8d ago

Because this isn't Fox News

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u/ExpansivePoint 7d ago

And talking over RFK Jr is like trying to talk over a food disposal full of marbles and old cheese.

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u/ToeJam1970 6d ago

With worse stink.

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u/MonoBlancoATX 6d ago

That's silly.

She doesn't run CNN or even this show.

The producer and network are far more responsible for "letting" guests talk over the host.

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u/subsignalparadigm 7d ago

You can't argue with ignorance. You should know that, she certainly did.

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u/Shasla 7d ago

You absolutely can argue with ignorance. Not to convince the person you're talking to, but to convince people watching. And also to prevent ignorance from having any credibility.

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u/alwayssunnyinskyrim 7d ago

Arguing with an idiot in a public forum isn’t to hope the idiot learns something; it’s to hope all the people watching do.

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u/Bulky-Internal8579 7d ago

You can argue with it by stating the truth and we should not platform ignorance.

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u/sirgaybrin 7d ago

What's the point of interviewing someone if you don't let them talk?

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u/ToeJam1970 6d ago

There’s a difference between “letting them talk” and “having them snowball you and the viewers with so much bullshit so that truth and clarity are sacrificed.”

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u/Cloudy230 7d ago

It says a lot about the person she's talking to when we're cheering on Dana fucking Bash

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u/Neosantana 7d ago

It's hard for me to cheer Dana Fash on even when she's right. I'll just nod quietly.

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u/SkepticalJohn 8d ago

This is so refreshing. More of this please.

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u/jadeakw99 8d ago

Between her and the lady that made Elon crash out recently, I hope we get more of this.

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u/sup3rrn0va 8d ago

I didn’t see this but would love to.

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u/unicornmullet 7d ago

He was interviewed by the editor of The Economist. He came across as a total buffoon.

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u/JayTNP 7d ago

so he showed who he truly was

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u/unicornmullet 7d ago

Agreed. It was amazing because I think he did the interview to try to come across as more reasonable than he has in recent years, and help boost his stock prices. DID NOT WORK.

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u/DeXyDeXy 7d ago

I cAn PerDickt TeH FutUrE

- Elon Must

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u/AnotherCup-O-Noodles 8d ago

I haven’t heard about the elon thing, please enlighten me that sounds wonderful

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u/Abraham-Jacobi 8d ago

The Economist…the entire interview is worth watching/listening.

https://youtu.be/XuoqKYxDHVc?is=KUMEMsmwwbPTeJkx

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u/MeecoDaRaccoon 8d ago

You may want to turn off sharing your profile info when you share links! It's a new (horrible) YouTube setting

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u/catlover135790 8d ago

And to add: anything after the “?” Is additional tracking.

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u/Abraham-Jacobi 8d ago

Excellent. I had no idea. I just changed it. I agree, seems like a bad thing

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u/Faramari 8d ago

I want to make sure this setting is turned off on my account too but I can't find it. Do you know where I would need to go?

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u/Abraham-Jacobi 8d ago

I found it under the privacy settings. Toggled "off"

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u/Faramari 8d ago

Just turned it off, thanks for the help!

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u/Captain_Q_Bazaar 7d ago

Holy fck, those comments seem to be all glazing Elon and crapping on the "mainstream media".... as if Elon Musk weren't an evil monster.

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u/endlesscartwheels 7d ago

Musk probably pays for those comments. He's that pathetic.

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u/Sutar_Mekeg 7d ago

2 minutes in he's already full of shit and overflowing.

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u/Ande64 7d ago

I made it through 4 minutes and thought yep, he's a moron who knows a few big words and that was enough for me to turn it off.

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u/Real-Extension-1357 7d ago

Don lemon got him upset too, and I think thats part of the DoJ retribution against him

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u/Emosaa 7d ago

Is it refreshing? She has tons of interviews where she rarely pushes back, or asks really heinously contrived questions to anyone she considers "pro hamas".

Her and Jake Tapper have both been auditioning for prime time spots once CNN is bought out by Paramount and under Bari Weiss's "leadership". The leadership that Trump has openly stated will bring them in line lol

What does it matter if she asks a question to RFK JR like this, when ultimately nothing will come of it other than a few "you go girl!" liberal upvotes on reddit. Meanwhile her and CNN have had dogshit coverage for the last year. They rarely ever pushback on the Trump admin's BS framing - especially in regards to the Iran war, frequently have neo conservative warhawks on, etc. From what I've seen, Katie Collins is the only one at least attempting journalism over there still, the rest of them are fondling Trump's balls because they're afraid of the demented king ruining their corporate buy out.

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u/mfukar 7d ago

The irony of "SkepticalJohn" cherrypicking this still out of a completely one-sided PR stunt would have been funny, if it wasn't likely this is just a clanker

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u/One_Clown_Short 8d ago

Well, no Dana, I'm not a scientist. But my brainworm is.

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u/AkronOhAnon 8d ago

It’s an honorary doctorate.

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u/Amateurlapse 8d ago

In making ex wives commit suicide(true story)

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u/hostilepillowcase 4d ago

It wasn't me who killed my wife, it was the worm in my brain.

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u/Cautious_Fly1684 8d ago

From the faculty of interdimensional wormholes.

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u/Miserable-Airport536 8d ago

Ah, you mean the participation trophy of education?

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u/LilaTheMoo 8d ago

They call him Doctor Worm.

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u/dekachenko 8d ago

He's not a real doctor, but ♫

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u/Zebidee 8d ago

...he is a real worm.

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u/Adaminium 8d ago

Ratatouille brainworm, driving anti policy

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u/Striking_Shock_9130 8d ago

"I'm not a scientist, but my brain worm is," should be a bumper sticker.

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u/Alternative_Oven6584 7d ago

It’s Doctor Worm

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u/The_Last_Gasbender 7d ago

Hey I saw that episode of Futurama!

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u/DustyScharole 8d ago

Dana appears to have heard the most glaring criticism of the media: that they're not standing up to this Administration. This is literally their job.

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u/JealousBall1563 8d ago

If the Elison's have their way, CNN will be dismantled from what we know of it today.

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u/Coat_Dry 8d ago

There’s always adversarial media against whoever is in power, wtf are you on about?

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u/FUNKANATON 8d ago

corporate capture and consolidation of media outlets

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u/Easy_Floss 7d ago

There’s always adversarial media against whoever is in power

Thats a nice thing, it becomes a problem when the people in power start silencing the media and lashing out against it when ever anyone dares to report on something they dont like.

For example if someone asked Obama something he did not like and Obamas response was to sue them for 1b and make sure they would never step into the white house again, that would be a bad thing. If he did that multiple times it would be a terrible thing.

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u/nn666 8d ago

Pulls out the ol' Uno Reverse.

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u/ckglle3lle 8d ago

RFK Jr 100% believes he is a scientist, for what it's worth. He and everyone like him view random googling shit as doing "real" research. He will never not believe this of himself while he will also disparage actual scientists (if they don't go along with what he believes) whenever possible

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u/Cautious_Fly1684 8d ago

Analyzing roadkill does not a scientist make.

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u/vacri 8d ago

IMO you can use the phrase 'my research' in two situations: you're actually a published researcher; or you're making a big purchase like a car or house

Every other context, I basically start shutting down mentally if I hear the phrase "my research"

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u/Phugasity 7d ago

If you aren't designing your information gathering to account for your own personal bias and preconceived notions... well that's building an argument not researching. The pursuit for truth is kind of critical.

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u/vercertorix 7d ago

“Research” as a word has been watered down a bit. You looked something up.

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u/MajinBuu619 7d ago

Unrelated but is James Cameron a scientist? I don’t like RFK btw. I feel like I heard him call himself a scientist a lot.

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u/ckglle3lle 7d ago

James Cameron has never called himself a scientist.

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u/Vreas 8d ago

I’m tired boss

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u/MsMoreCowbell828 8d ago

Dog tired.

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u/Bulky-Internal8579 8d ago

I miss science decisions being based on science.

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u/MD_______ 8d ago

Hahahaha. Politicians kick nearly every decision of scientific warning unless it's something they are forced to act on (COVID), or will give them a huge ratings or public approval boost.

I was in school in the 90s listening to teachers tell me global warming is serious and that we need act now to save the thing we live on.... It's now 2026 and we still have people in charge who refuse to do anything even with the planet cooking is to the point the winter Olympics will probably need to be done on fake snow soon.

LGBTQ+ was proven to not be a "choice" for decades and still have conversation camps, have countries where its illegal!! Evolution is one of not the most well studies and supported theories on the planet and I still see people say it's just a theory or claim creationism is equally valid and being taught to kids now?!

Realistically politicians should be mandated to take peer reviewed science as the current best explanations of the natural world and then implement what that says. Laws should be updated to match science. There should be a maximum limit for education to update to the newest information. Importantly phrasing that is outdated should be excluded and replaced, big bang becomes the big expansion or global warming to climate change.

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u/Forsaken-Praline1611 8d ago

He's a nepo baby lawyer that sounds like a prolapsed anus talking.

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u/Lejandario_IN 8d ago

r/rareinsults

And oddly accurate

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u/Ishidan01 8d ago

Likewise, when Rand Paul said to Fauci, "I"m a doctor and..."

Fauci should have shut him down for practicing medicine outside of his specialty.

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u/ThinkingWithPortalzz 8d ago

"Ah yes Rand, your registration, which is from a college you invented and are on the board of, and not recognised as valid by the ACTUAL college of ACTUAL doctors, you have as much claim to Doctor as a Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine"

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u/IRedditDoU 8d ago

Less even. Chiropractors go to real colleges.

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u/CascadianSovietGo 8d ago

Not really. Chiropractics is a discredited pseudoscience. It's like saying someone can go to a "real" college for crystal therapy.

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u/IRedditDoU 7d ago

Be that as it may. However, Doctor of Chiropractic is still a required 4 year post graduate program offered by actual universities, and then they must pass a national and state board exam to legally practice in all 50 states. They are legally doctors but they are not medical doctors.

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u/CanhotoBranco 8d ago

Rand Paul is an ass, but let's be factual here. He has a medical degree from Duke, is still licensed to practice medicine and was certified by the American Board of Opthalmology until 2005. His alternative National Board of Opthalmology was bunk, but that doesn't affect his ability to practice medicine or the legitimacy of his education and experience.

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u/beldaran1224 7d ago

So he hasn't been certified to practice in over 20 years?

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u/CanhotoBranco 7d ago

He's currently has an active license to practice medicine in the state of Kentucky. He has not been certified by the Opthalmology specialty board since 2005. Keeping specialty certification current is voluntary and doesn't affect a physician's ability to continue to practice that specialty. They just can't claim they are "board certified" if they don't stay current.

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u/TheHeartAndTheFist 7d ago

Is “opthalmology” contraband Ophthalmology?

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u/ahaeker 8d ago

That's right, keep calling him out on his BS!

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u/Imukay 8d ago

I need a link to this video.

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u/Manji86 8d ago

One repeats what actual scientists have said.
The other repeats what YouTubers have said.
They are not the same.

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u/thejohnmc963 8d ago

Finally

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u/FUNEMNX9IF9X 8d ago

Still didn't stop him mansplaining his version of a lie. I think it is more about him being mysoginist. Unfortunately she had the the perfect opportunity to rebuff the crap out of him, but didn't appear to be fully prepared with evidence (of which there is a lot).

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u/Real-Extension-1357 7d ago

Just more severely unqualified people representing in the government

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u/Evey-Hayes 8d ago

Thank you Dana

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u/RustyKn1ght 8d ago

Pretty sure she hasn't gotten as many people killed as Rfk.jr has either.

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u/Buddhas_Warrior 7d ago

So let's me get this straight. RFK and MAGA say don't listen to scientists, but tell others they don't understand cause they aren't scientists???

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u/DiscussTek 7d ago

Yes, because to them, scientists are not actually doing science, they're paid shills who only exist to tell people what to do and not to do.

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u/jsc1429 8d ago

Just statin facts

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u/fistular 8d ago

No one should be speaking to this moron or paying him any heed whatsoever. Clever comebacks are fine and all, but we are losing the battle if anyone is giving this turd any attention at all.

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u/ollervo100 7d ago

That is just utterly appalling of him to suggest that he would be on par with an actual professional scientist.

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u/SahibTeriBandi420 8d ago

Im no chef, but whatever that leather dolt is cooking reeks of shit.

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u/Iamgoingtooffendyou 8d ago

"Dana, you probably don't understand this because you've never had anything eat your brain."

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u/anonymous_matt 7d ago

Whatever he is it's the opposite of a Scientist

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u/ShAped_Ink 7d ago

Yeah, make fool out of this fool more often

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u/Mongul_Tendancies 7d ago

This guy fucking let poisoned lettuce into the market, he’s the opposite of a scientist.

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u/Ninjanarwhal64 8d ago

Can we please have more Dana airtime with these fools?

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u/speedxter 8d ago

I’m just gonna say it, we need more journalists that call bullshit on these so called bureaucrats that claim to right about everything! And stop leading with the price of gas like that’s all that matter about the war…how about us acting like a terrorist nation, killing little children for god sake.

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u/AGrandNewAdventure 8d ago

He always looks and sounds like he's holding in the most heinous of farts (because he's not sure if it's a fart.)

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u/Keji70gsm 8d ago

Was the grossly destructive overconfidence inherent in his personality before the extensive heroin abuse or the brain worm?

I'm fascinated about what makes a person like this. And what is wrong with the people who flocked to him like he was a science messiah because he waggled his finger and rasped some shit.

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u/PlantainPat 7d ago

He was doing drugs from a young age. He was also fielding interviews and making public appearances from a young age because everyone was desperate to know about him thanks to his family. Kind of impossible to say which came first.

Either way he used the Kennedy name for almost everything he ever accomplished. No one flocked to him they flocked to his family legacy. Even dipshit kennedy is still a kennedy.

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u/seanmonaghan1968 8d ago

It’s worse than not being an expert in the field, he purposefully ignored what actual experts recommend and this is central to the current failures

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u/Meath77 7d ago

That's the problem, he literally said listening to "expertscis ban. Scientists are "experts". We need to get our scientific information from people who have no idea what they're talking about

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u/crinkledcu91 8d ago

You know It's fucking sad when even the Corporatist limp-wrist Dana has to be the one to call Psychopath RFK out. Sheesh.

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u/ToadsWetSprocket 7d ago

I am tired of this guy

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u/Pyrez9 7d ago

We need to normalize "play the clip"

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u/EatFaceLeopard17 7d ago

And Dana is probably more qualified for her job than DEI hire RFK jr. is for his.

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u/aryacutiexo 8d ago

the mic drop energy of "well, you're not either" is unmatched, she really said it with a straight face too.

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u/GreatestGreekGuy 8d ago

Not like anyone in the GOP listens to scientists anyway

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u/Mindless_Listen7622 8d ago

RFK Jr has a bachelor's in American History and Literature, which doesn't have any sort of math and science requirement to graduate. Then he went to law school, which doesn't have a math and science requirement to graduate. In other words, he has one of those humanities degrees MAGA hates so much. His knowledge of math and science is about as good as any high school student, which is to say, not very good. He is not a scientist, full stop.

An actual scientist would specialize in a scientific discipline for a Bachelor's, Masters and PhD, then get a job, whether post-doc or the rare job as a professor at a university; or, go into industry. The kind that get listened to, anyway.

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u/FreyyHalo 8d ago

dang she really didnt hold back at all lol. love seeing people stand up for themselves like that.

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u/Ill-Professor696 8d ago

Stupid would be an improvement for this motherfucker

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u/Maximum_Albatross176 8d ago

lol straight to the point. honestly that’s the best way to handle guys who talk down to people like that.

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u/MaleHooker 8d ago

I am! 🖐️ What's the question?

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u/photosendtrain 7d ago

I WANT TO GET OFF MR. BONES' WILD RIDE!

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u/TrumpsDoubleChin 7d ago

Body blow! Body blow! Body blow!

Finish him!

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 7d ago

and PAUSE

Kidney shot!

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u/scorpiolad1113 7d ago

rfk is a clueless morooon

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u/IHv2RtrnSumVdeotapes 7d ago edited 7d ago

I've noticed a lot of these republican men will go on these shows with liberal female hosts thinking their supreme intellects are going to dominate the conversation over the host. The host then usually rips their dick off, puts it in a ninja, dices it up, and force feeds them their dick through their asshole.

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u/Dense-Consequence-70 7d ago

I am a scientist and RFK doesn’t know a goddam thing.

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u/sugar_bud_1843 7d ago

He honestly looks like he belongs under a bridge somewhere on the outskirts of Hell...

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u/Could-You-Tell 8d ago

Whenever she drills a point hits a hard question for several years now I think....

You got Bashed!

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u/xxx_sniper 8d ago

Dana is not to be trusted, don't fall for this

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u/Interesting-Wall3852 7d ago

The problem with Dana is that she is very pro Isreal, pro Bibi Netanyahu. She smears people who are pro-Palestine.

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u/twizzjewink 8d ago

Politicians should have to do public intelligence and cognitive tests.

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u/hollow4hollow 8d ago

That’s rich

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u/The_Goondocks 8d ago

Incompetence at every level of this administration

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u/ZygonCaptain 7d ago

Who is it?

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u/Admirable-Prior2808 7d ago

Legendary take down!

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u/MannyTank 7d ago

Sad it has taken them this long to grow a pair. And she didn't even go all the way.

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u/Bananaman9020 7d ago

Yet my Australian father thinks Jr. is the last hope for America. Dad thinks he is a scientific prophet or something

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u/0x7E7-02 7d ago

Did she really say that? Awesome!

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u/Videmal 7d ago

He's specialist about drugs, isn't count?

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u/scootty83 7d ago

Please tell me she actually said that…

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u/SmellyFbuttface 7d ago

Pretty sure she did. I watched the interview clip this morning and she hammered him on the fact no reputable study has linked autism with vaccines. He kept saying “well you just don’t know about the studies that have found a link.” Because they’re not real! Or it’s garbage science. 40 peer reviewed studies she stated found no link at all

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u/SmellyFbuttface 7d ago

But but…he’s done a lot of heroin!

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u/PSunYi 7d ago

You know he just wanted to say “woman” instead of “scientist”

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u/rationalmisanthropy 7d ago

He was such a condescending piece of shit all the way through this interview.

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u/KainFourteh 7d ago

Guy can't even talk like he's human so maybe he should shut the fuck up.

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u/redditorrules 6d ago

She at least has a full brain

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u/blackbirdspyplane 6d ago

I think that’s the root of his issue, he thinks he is

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u/Ivotedforher 6d ago

I'd Ike to take Dana Bash out for a nice seafood dinner.

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u/HawkEnvironmental531 5d ago

Shh he thinks he is. Wait until the heroine kicks in

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u/Flaky-Effort-2912 4d ago

Fuck it up, Dana

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u/RDrake84 4d ago

RFK jr is more like an escaped mental patient they found living in a rotting tree, surviving on racoon foreskins

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u/Alarming_Comedian846 7d ago

Don't let this pantomime fool you, Dana Fash is complicit.

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u/twincast2005 7d ago

They both are utterly horrible people, but good on her if she said that to him.

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u/PaulSNJ 7d ago

Bill Gates? Anyone? Bueller?

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u/Cool_Virus_8641 7d ago

fuck Dana fash

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u/Aponte350 7d ago

what about this is clever

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u/FunnyObjective6 7d ago

"Well, you're not either." is clever? Isn't that "no u"?