A.G. Gancarski
Call it a case of “fake news.” Or just call it an example of a Senator’s deadpan sense of humor.
On the Guy Benson Show, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott appeared to have fallen for satire from the Babylon Bee in discussing the Chinese military threat to the United States.
“I saw on a website the other day that the Chinese military is practicing screaming pronouns at our military because that’s what our military is spending their time doing, learning pronouns,” Scott said.
Scott delivered the line as part of a monologue about how President Joe Biden doesn’t “respect anybody,” and how the President created a “woke military.” From there, the host seemed to take it seriously, calling it an “embarrassment” and “just awful.”
Scott’s campaign claims it was a joke, meanwhile.
“The Senator was simply making a satirical comment referencing a Babylon Bee headline. At the rate Biden and his woke cabinet are going it wouldn’t be surprising if it came down to that. Since Biden has taken over America has become weaker in the presence of Communist China and they know it,” said comms director Priscilla Ivasco.
The Bee story in question isn’t new. It first appeared in 2021, entitled “Instead Of Traditional Warfare, Chinese Military Will Now Be Trained To Shout Wrong Pronouns At American Troops.”
“The Chinese military has announced that they will no longer be investing in weapons, tanks, aircraft, or traditional warfare training techniques. Instead, the People’s Liberation Army will simply be trained to shout the wrong pronouns at U.S. soldiers, who will collapse and shake uncontrollably at the advanced maneuver,” the author joked.
The humor continued as the article progressed.
“The Chinese soldiers then began shouting ‘He/Him!’ and ‘She/Her!’ at American soldiers, whom Joe Biden had loaned to the Chinese government for the practice session. They immediately collapsed to the floor. ‘No!!! I’m a xe/xer; it says so right on my dog tags! cried one weeping American soldier huddled in the corner in the fetal position, rocking back and forth. ‘You can’t call me the wrong pronoun — it’s literally violence! It’s against the Geneva Convention!'”
The article went on to claim that using this tactic, the Chinese military defeated America in seven minutes.
9 comments
JS
August 8, 2023 at 4:37 pm
Every morning, Voldemort looks in the mirror and is so thankful that Rhonda exists and that Matt Gaetz exist, because there are Florida politicians even worse than him.
But make no mistake, only marginally worse.
Joe
August 8, 2023 at 4:44 pm
Babylon Bee is bad partisan humor for dumb RepubliQans who feel oppressed by The Onion.
Who are supposed to be the snowflakes again?? Nice one, Senator Skeletor.
PeterH
August 8, 2023 at 4:53 pm
Republicans dividing Americans! ….. and then they wonder why the lose elections!
SteveHC
August 8, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Proof positive that Florida’s Republican politicians are among either the DUMBEST or just plain LAZIEST politicians in the country. Unbelievable.
My Take
August 8, 2023 at 5:32 pm
As brainstem “thinkers”–fear, territory, hate–they have not much there for reason.
No fair
August 8, 2023 at 5:36 pm
I been duped! Headline reads “[GOP person” appears…” and I assumed it would be another story about another GOP having another day in court answering more charges brought against them. But Scott was just gullible. LOL @ Gullible Scott.
Lorri Genovese
August 9, 2023 at 3:39 pm
Rick Scott is keeping the “Duh” in Floriduh.
Connie
August 9, 2023 at 4:21 pm
Scott is lacking any satire genes – totally devoid.
It's Complicated
August 16, 2023 at 2:36 pm
Doesn’t hold a candle to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un propagandists proudly spinning The Onion story citing Un as the “sexist man alive” with a pic of him mounted on a stallion.
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