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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago

"Vaccine skeptic" is such ass-covering horseshit! Just like calling climate change deniers "climate change skeptics".

Call him what he is: a science denier/grifter/worm brained idiot.

[–] Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 22 hours ago

I am not from the US and I am ashamed of this shitshow. It's really sad.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The brain worms always win.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One man that should use horse dewormer

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Nope. Not a horse.

[–] Grogon@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They gave the car with keys to a clown and now the wondering where all the clowns are crawling out of that friggin' car LOL

Top comedy if they would build a huge circus tent in front of the white house

[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What's next? Flat earther as director of NASA? Oil baron as director of EPA?

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

Last time around he went with Scott Pruitt, the climate change denier and ally of the fossil fuel industry.

[–] fishpen0@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Vivek actually just said he’s plans to defund NASA along with veteran care

[–] whithom@discuss.online 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 22 hours ago

This is how the worms win.

[–] Grogon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

They gonna dust off those iron lunges OMG this is so sad