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Passages

(3,633 posts)
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 08:11 AM Sep 5

CNN has uncovered audio of RFK Jr. praising a description of Trump and his supporters as "belligerent idiots,"

“outright Nazis,” “cowards,” and “bootlickers,” while also comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler.
@KFILE (2024)





The irony.
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CNN has uncovered audio of RFK Jr. praising a description of Trump and his supporters as "belligerent idiots," (Original Post) Passages Sep 5 OP
Wow. I'd love to see this go viral. ms liberty Sep 5 #1
I'd like to see JD Sofaseducer's comments on TACO go viral. marble falls Sep 5 #4
Sofaseducer! 🤣 AllyCat Sep 5 #9
I don't think the sofa was capable of consenting.... lastlib Sep 5 #14
As the Romans said, "Qui tacet consentire videtur" marble falls Sep 5 #35
Well, I guess you could look at it that way....... lastlib Sep 5 #36
JD is a twisted PoS, but how many times in my life have I gotten to use four years of Latin? marble falls Sep 5 #37
Good point! lastlib Sep 5 #38
As you can see they are both crass and crazy opportunists. ananda Sep 5 #23
He's right. Too bad he's so wrong about so many other things. Haggard Celine Sep 5 #2
Which proves 'it takes one to know one', and 'birds of a feather flock together'. marble falls Sep 5 #3
See, he's not so stupid after all. Too bad we could not have "uncovered" this audio BEFORE his nomination. Midnight Writer Sep 5 #5
He's a psychopath just like his boss. Hence the compulsive lying. ... littlemissmartypants Sep 5 #10
Charles Manson comes to mind Hekate Sep 5 #13
Caroline Kennedy referred to him as a predator for good reason. Passages Sep 5 #17
Yes! Yes! Exactly! Birds of a feather. littlemissmartypants Sep 5 #34
It was widely reported months before his nomination. sl8 Sep 5 #18
CNN article: sl8 Sep 5 #6
.....looking at one! Nt Hope22 Sep 5 #7
Its a cult MaineBlueBear Sep 5 #8
An obvious case of the pot calling the kettle black. Gimpyknee Sep 5 #11
RFK Jr comes to mind for coward, bootlicker, belligerent idiot, and even Nazi for his plans for mass death IronLionZion Sep 5 #12
Show this to Laura Loomer since it fits her definition of being disloyal to Cankles Submariner Sep 5 #15
He was smart once. Wish I knew what happened to him SpankMe Sep 5 #16
"Wish I knew what happened to him." Lust. Lust for power. speak easy Sep 5 #20
Money and power IronLionZion Sep 5 #21
When was that? maxsolomon Sep 5 #33
It's amazing what a little blackmail will accomplish relayerbob Sep 5 #19
Time to "blow him up" paleotn Sep 5 #24
But hey! If Hitler gives me a job, he ain't so bad paleotn Sep 5 #22
Exactly right. He sees the opportunity and is going for it. Passages Sep 5 #26
Given his statements we can now say no bigger bootlicker than R effin K jr. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 5 #25
Now, that's audio swong19104 Sep 5 #27
Belligerent idiots could be the new deplorables BeyondGeography Sep 5 #28
I'm sure this happened a lot while Bob Kennedy thought he could win the nomination FakeNoose Sep 5 #29
It just goes to show how little character they truly possess True Dough Sep 5 #30
So what. progressoid Sep 5 #31
Which explains why they're feeding him to the dogs. live love laugh Sep 5 #32

lastlib

(26,743 posts)
14. I don't think the sofa was capable of consenting....
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:00 AM
Sep 5

...so it has to be changed to "Sofarapist." My 2cts.

lastlib

(26,743 posts)
36. Well, I guess you could look at it that way.......
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 01:50 PM
Sep 5


but I prefer to think of VD Dunce as a sex offender....

marble falls

(68,734 posts)
37. JD is a twisted PoS, but how many times in my life have I gotten to use four years of Latin?
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 01:55 PM
Sep 5

lastlib

(26,743 posts)
38. Good point!
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 02:34 PM
Sep 5

Glad you got to use it! I barely remembered the Latin for that--I admire your knowledge, my friend!

ananda

(33,342 posts)
23. As you can see they are both crass and crazy opportunists.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:45 AM
Sep 5

JD is just cruisin' to be VP,

and RFKJr gets to force his crazy
health ideas on others.

So forget what they said earlier,
they're total Trumpers now.

Midnight Writer

(24,774 posts)
5. See, he's not so stupid after all. Too bad we could not have "uncovered" this audio BEFORE his nomination.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 08:51 AM
Sep 5

Oddly, he has adopted Trump's technique of surrounding himself with sycophants and weak people.

littlemissmartypants

(29,888 posts)
10. He's a psychopath just like his boss. Hence the compulsive lying. ...
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 09:43 AM
Sep 5

Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

sl8

(16,878 posts)
6. CNN article:
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 08:56 AM
Sep 5
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/politics/kfile-rfk-jr-trump-critique

RFK Jr. compared Trump to Hitler and praised descriptions of his supporters as ‘Nazis’

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN
6 min read
Updated 9:14 AM EST, Thu November 21, 2024

(CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of Health and Human Services, has a long history of scathing critiques against Trump, labeling him a “threat to democracy,” a “bully,” and, as recently as July, a “terrible president.”

But Kennedy’s harshest attacks date back to Trump’s rise in 2016, when on his radio show “Ring of Fire,” Kennedy applauded descriptions of Trump’s base as “belligerent idiots” and suggestions that some were “outright Nazis” and “spineless fellow travelers.” Kennedy also likened Trump to historical demagogues like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, accusing Trump of exploiting societal insecurities and xenophobia to amass power.

After Trump won in 2016, Kennedy concluded in one episode from December of that year that Trump was at least in one way not like Hitler, because, “Hitler was interested in policy.”

A CNN KFile review of Kennedy’s past comments shows they fit a pattern of consistent, broad-based criticism that Kennedy has leveled at Trump over the years.

[...]



Gimpyknee

(714 posts)
11. An obvious case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 09:50 AM
Sep 5

Bootlickers? RFK Jr knows what Trumps boots (and dare I say, ass?) tastes like.

IronLionZion

(49,967 posts)
12. RFK Jr comes to mind for coward, bootlicker, belligerent idiot, and even Nazi for his plans for mass death
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 09:51 AM
Sep 5

so he knows better but has chosen to support and enable it for money and power. People have already died because of his antivaxx policies.

MAGA Mass American Graves Again

Submariner

(13,138 posts)
15. Show this to Laura Loomer since it fits her definition of being disloyal to Cankles
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:05 AM
Sep 5

he should be fired by next week.

SpankMe

(3,606 posts)
16. He was smart once. Wish I knew what happened to him
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:13 AM
Sep 5

He has since become the very bootlicker and opportunist he was (rightly) belittling.

maxsolomon

(37,413 posts)
33. When was that?
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 11:15 AM
Sep 5

1st time I heard him he was on Public Radio croaking about Thimerosal. Probably 20 years ago.

relayerbob

(7,278 posts)
19. It's amazing what a little blackmail will accomplish
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:32 AM
Sep 5

Given what is publicly known about Jr., I can only imagine the dirt they have on him.

paleotn

(20,947 posts)
22. But hey! If Hitler gives me a job, he ain't so bad
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:45 AM
Sep 5

Particularly one I’m no where near qualified for.

FakeNoose

(38,766 posts)
29. I'm sure this happened a lot while Bob Kennedy thought he could win the nomination
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:52 AM
Sep 5

Of course he could never have won, so he finally realized that "praising Chump" was the easiest way to get in.
He said some downright rude things about Chump before that point.

True Dough

(24,559 posts)
30. It just goes to show how little character they truly possess
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:58 AM
Sep 5

When they clearly knew right from wrong but then they put self-interest first when the opportunity arises, turning their back on everything and everyone else.

Scumbags!

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