While introducing Donald Trump at a Wednesday rally in Ocala, Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) twice made the false claim that the lewd comments the Republican nominee made about groping women without their consent were made “in a locker room.”
“I do not make those excuses for somebody that said something 11 years ago in a locker room,” Yoho told the crowd, calling Trump’s remarks the “800-pound gorilla in the room.”
The real estate mogul’s comments were actually caught on a hot mic during a 2005 appearance on “Access Hollywood.” He was 59 years old at the time.
Trump and his surrogates have insisted he did not act on his boasts about grabbing women “by the pussy,” referring to the remarks as “locker room talk.”
Yoho seemed to take the explanation a bit too much to heart, repeating that Trump made the comments “in a locker room.”
“Let me ask you something,” the Florida lawmaker asked the crowd. “Is this election about something that was said in a locker room, or is about the direction of this country for the next 40 or 50 years?”
Yoho said that the fact Trump apologized to his family, wife, and the electorate rendered the issue irrelevant.
“What else you want?” he asked the crowd.
Yo ho ho and a bottle of dumb. I’m a male who has been in my share of locker rooms. Who even talks? Shower, get dressed. Go about your business.
What else do you want?
And sure, while I’m at it, a pony would be nice
But I’m serious about the election result. Thanks.
Can these people get any dumber? (No need to answer that)
Excerpted from a Rude Pundit post:
Yoho responded, “I think there’s an agenda-driven science. I can read stuff that says that the information was skewed. It’s not right. I’m a guy that’s worked out in the weather since I was 16. I can tell there’s climate change. The cause? I’m not smart enough for that.”
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Most stunning was his confession that he’s unsure about the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Asked about by an African-American constituent, Yoho babbled, “Is it constitutional, the Civil Rights Act? I wish I could answer that 100 percent. I know a lot of things that were passed are not constitutional, but I know it’s the law of the land.”
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