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Dana Bash on CNN calling the BS out

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[-] dregan@lemmy.world 43 points 8 hours ago

How can you share something this juicy and not provide the video?

[-] portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 8 hours ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPP5exb-2rw

15:45

I have to say that until I went looking for this video I had never heard him speak.. What the heck is with his voice?

[-] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 3 hours ago

He allegedly has a medical condition. But these people lie all the time.

[-] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 65 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

He developed spasmodic dysphonia (involuntary larynx contractions) in 1996 at age 42.

It was caused by eating tainted hippopotamus meat. He had hit the hippo while driving a mack truck near Pablo Escobar's compound in the middle of the night, pursued by paramilitary forces. He returned 2 days later under cover of darkness to eat its liver and testicles, which an alternative health guru told him contained antioxidants and hormones that could prevent aging. He wound up about a week later in an El Salvadoran prison after rampaging through various towns in Colombia, Panama, and El Salvador causing property damage to several farmers' vegetable stalls, soiling himself repeatedly, and accosting locals. Eye witnesses report that he had the voice at the time of these incidents. The US had him extradited soon after agreeing that they'd try him, but they dropped the charges on administrative grounds almost immediately.

That's probably not true - no one really knows why spasmodic dysphonia happens. Seems to be something to do with your Basal Ganglia.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 58 minutes ago

That’s probably not true

You really had me going! Close enough to the truth I guess. Not why he has spasmodic dysphonia, but plenty of similar shit he pulled.

[-] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 13 points 5 hours ago

Sounded like a McAfee story for a bit. Nicely done.

[-] decolo@piefed.social 19 points 7 hours ago
[-] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

they really had me going there!

[-] Iambus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago
[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

classic RFK, of course he would get an infection/parasite that causes his voice. he will eat any animals he sees. do you ever wonder if he would eat crows, vultures or a raven? he was in a manic phase looking for exotic animal meat.

hippos are dangerous dead or alive it seems.

[-] osanna@lemmy.vg 4 points 4 hours ago

holy shit, how did we get from JFK to this douchenozzle.

[-] binarytobis@lemmy.world 18 points 7 hours ago

I mentioned to an acquaintance that this guy seems like an avatar of plague, and he was like “It’s funny, most of his ideas are good.” then went on to list some absolutely crazy bad takes. Clearly this guy is not the one to take health advice from.

[-] dregan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Clearly Hegseth is war. Who's famine and death? Maybe Brooke Rollins for famine.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

he looks like worms using skin suit.

[-] fizzle@quokk.au 12 points 7 hours ago

What a cringe fest.

I hate watching these idiots. His entire repertoire is classic pseudo science grift.

this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2026
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