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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDentist Admits To Reducing Nitrous Oxide To Democrat[ic] Patients Thus Causing Them Greater Suffering
Last edited Fri Sep 26, 2025, 07:59 AM - Edit history (3)
That video has since been taken down, but recorded versions of it and response videos criticizing Grewal continue to circulate.
— Daniel Keys Moran (@fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy) 2025-09-26T09:57:25.000Z
"I have a secret hat I use sometimes, it says, 'Make your smile great again,'" she said at the gala. "So I wear that when I work with my patients, when they look [â¦]

SickOfTheOnePct
(8,657 posts)Pull her license.
Trueblue1968
(18,803 posts)yardwork
(68,141 posts)All she had to do is look up each of her patients.
Trueblue1968
(18,803 posts)yardwork
(68,141 posts)Oeditpus Rex
(42,768 posts)She said she could tell by their reactions to photos of "prominent Republicans" on her office walls.
MarineCombatEngineer
(16,020 posts)for this horrendous breach of patient care.
ananda
(33,315 posts)Sue her ass.
ProfessorGAC
(74,599 posts)...over overt political statements in the office.
This is way worse.
Prairie Gates
(6,343 posts)I always get shots. I haven't had nitrous oxide at the dentist since the 1980s (I was a child)!
SunSeeker
(56,772 posts)Which begs the question, how can she identify children who can't even vote as Democrats?
And why has she not been arrested for child abuse?
prodigitalson
(3,159 posts)I have heard MAGAs say a neighborhood went to crap because "Democrats" moved in...meaning it was now more diverse.
JI7
(92,695 posts)sheshe2
(93,985 posts)Deliberately!
She should be locked up for child abuse.
Wednesdays
(20,811 posts)But I got it with my previous dentist as recently as 2007.
Prairie Gates
(6,343 posts)2007 was nearly 20 years ago.
Prairie_Seagull
(4,376 posts)MichMan
(15,993 posts)Weird
Prairie_Seagull
(4,376 posts)WTF. Maybe a lexus nexus type thing.
RandiFan1290
(6,616 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(4,376 posts)Thank you.
pandr32
(13,455 posts)usedtobedemgurl
(1,846 posts)She wears a shirt that says Make Your Smile Great Again. When people complain, she knows it is a Democrat and she turns down the oxide.
comradebillyboy
(10,856 posts)usedtobedemgurl
(1,846 posts)Not sure where it went. The OP did not edit it, but if you look in the comments, someone else also mentions a video.
tblue37
(67,055 posts)PCIntern
(27,638 posts)That I have treated rapists and murderers, and would not dream of doing what this person did. This is grounds for license suspension if not termination.
I would add that it is extremely unusual to revoke a license in any jurisdiction. It is usually for convicted, murderers or drug kingpins.
GreenWave
(11,693 posts)WiVoter
(1,478 posts)calimary
(87,912 posts)That dentist should be run out of business. Letting politics into her dental practice!?!?!?!
Im gonna remember that, next time I have to go to the dentist. Im gonna bring it up and ask him about it.
Omnipresent
(7,220 posts)Probably does the same thing to independent as well.
malaise
(289,464 posts)She should lose her license
That is all
calimary
(87,912 posts)Democrat is a NOUN. NOT an adjective.
prodigitalson
(3,159 posts)They aren't secret right wingers..They just aren't grammar masters.
SocialDemocrat61
(5,748 posts)So they learn to say it correctly
DFW
(58,993 posts)If you went to a mainly Republican school, or none at all (and, after all, the difference is often minimal), you may tend to lapse into Republicanese without intending to do it.
For those who are mostly in contact with Democrats, here is a guide to better understanding Republicanese:
EXCERPTS FROM THE OFFICIAL DICTIONARY OF REPUBLICANESE
In Republicanese, many words that sound alike may be spelled differently at random. A few prominent examples:
In Republicanese, the following words may be spelled at random using any of the three ways given:
A.) Two, Too, To
B.) Their, They're, There
c.) Your, Yore, You're
The Republicanese version of Robin Hood therefore starts with "In days of you're...."
The only rule is that the correct use of them as in English is never permitted twice in a row.
Words with single letters that change meaning when that letter is doubled must never be used in correct English context. The classic example is lose vs. loose. In Republicanese, if you do not win an election, then you loose that election. Conversely, if your (Republicanese: youre) belt is too tight, you need it more lose in order to be comfortable. Another example would be the Republicanese, I met Donald Trump, and he was rudder than I imagined, vs. I grabbed the ruder and was able to steer the boat to shore.
In English, the contraction for "it is" is written "it's." To show possession referring to something previously mentioned, one writes "its." In Republicanese, it is the other way around. Example:
English: It's impractical for a building to have its solar panels in the basement.
Republicanese: Its impractical for a building to have it's solar panels in the basement.
In Republicanese, idiomatic expressions that use words that are homonyms with animals in English must use the spelling that denotes the animal.
Three examples:
In English, when someone wins a race by a very small margin, one can say, He won the race by a hair. In Republicanese, one writes, He won the race by a hare.
In English, someone fleeing the law can be said to be on on the lam. In Republicanese, that is spelled on the lamb.
In English, when one starts to lose their voice after shouting for an extended time, one says, he shouted himself hoarse. In Republicanese, one writes, He shouted himself horse.
In Republicanese, an apostrophe is used to form a plural, whereas this is never correct in English. But it must be done at random, never systematically. For example, Bill and Hillary are "the Clinton's," but Bill, Chelsea and Hillary are "the Clintons." The other way around is also correct. In Republicanese, either form is correct as long as it is not spelled the same way twice in a row.
Example:
In English, one writes "The Clintons like dogs."
In Republicanese, this can be written as "The Clinton's like dogs," or "The Clintons like dog's" or "The Clinton's like dog's." The only version that would be incorrect in Republicanese would be to use no apostrophe at all. Only English is written that way.
In Republicanese, pronouns that are direct or indirect objects must never be used as in English when combined with another proper name, proper noun, or pronoun.
Example: in English, one says, e.g., John went to dinner with me, and not John went to dinner with I. Therefore, in English, one also says, John went to dinner with my wife and me. In Republicanese, while it is also correct to say, John went to dinner with me, it is only correct to say John went to dinner with my wife and I.
Baitball Blogger
(50,966 posts)I would be disappointed if it didn't.
D_Master81
(2,213 posts)Whenever Ive had dental work done the nitrous only supplements the numbing shots to relax you not kill the pain. Pretty sure nitrous has little to no effect on pain control
Wednesdays
(20,811 posts)PCIntern
(27,638 posts)Big difference
Wednesdays
(20,811 posts)"Nitrous oxide has significant medical uses...for its anaesthetic and pain-reducing effects..."
But you're the practitioner, sooo...
I double dog dare you to have yourself in a dental chair, have the nitrous begun at the usual safe dosage, and then allow the practitioner to prepare a crown on a vital tooth. We call that the chandelier effect because you would be on the ceiling.
Nitrous changes the way you interpret the pain or discomfort that you are feeling. I understand thats what wiki says, but let me tell you that we term nitrous or any other type of adjunctive treatment analgesia.
Wednesdays
(20,811 posts)Whenever I received nitrous, it was always in conjunction with the local anesthetic.
Dawson Leery
(19,486 posts)With that said, take her medical license!
Disaffected
(5,914 posts)take the Hippocratic Oath and are not "physicians".
harumph
(3,015 posts)In any case, as you put it, I would put money on this being against ethical rules in the dental profession in the
sense of equitable and competent care. These rules are likely codified at the state level.
Wiz Imp
(7,495 posts)Disaffected
(5,914 posts)codified rules or not. I would even question the mental health of such a person.
Liberal In Texas
(15,640 posts)I'm going to guess she doesn't believe in Covid19 vaccines either.
She got this repub stuff all over her office and wears that stupid hat. I would be out the door faster than she could suggest use of NO2.
SunSeeker
(56,772 posts)She is playing to her red client base. The California medical board does not play. She may lose her license over intentional causing patients pain, especially since her patients are children, as she is a pediatric dentist.
Abolishinist
(2,771 posts)in the last three presidential elections the city voted Dem.
Year......Democratic................Republican
2024 - 49.95% - 57,583.....47.21% - 54,413
2020 - 53.07% - 63,507.....44.93% - 53,768
2016 - 48.53% - 42,316.....45.33% - 39,523
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clarita,_California
SunSeeker
(56,772 posts)EuterpeThelo
(72 posts)is a lot more mixed than it used to be ten or fifteen years ago. They finally ousted their R rep for the second time in ten years this last November and elected George Whitesides.
The Blue Flower
(6,183 posts)Is that part of her intake form?
GoCubsGo
(34,373 posts)Unless the patients volunteer that information themselves, there should be no way for her to know that.
Wednesdays
(20,811 posts)And therefore is just virtue signaling to her base.
meadowlander
(4,986 posts)Ars Longa
(289 posts)How do they get so sociopathic??
Aristus
(70,955 posts)She says she can't believe some of the idiots she has seen who somehow managed to earn a DDS.
Buddyzbuddy
(1,546 posts)I've never met a Med school graduate that is not Republican, including my sister.
hunter
(39,972 posts)Our community tends to be under-served and the doctors tend to be here for altruistic reasons not compatible with Republican ideology. Even the doctors motivated by Evangelical Christian or conservative Catholic religious beliefs don't tend to be overtly political, though they may have voted Republican. We have a lot of immigrant doctors too. If they were Republicans before Trump 2.0 they are learning their lesson now, especially if they are not white males or have family and friends terrified by ICE.
My sister lives in a nearly all white rural area in a red state. She doesn't think the local doctors are good and they are overwhelmingly Republican. I suppose these Republican doctors are learning their lesson too as rural hospitals and clinics close. Or maybe they are just blaming Democrats for their misfortunes and self-inflicted wounds, as Republicans tend to do.
Buddyzbuddy
(1,546 posts)Aristus
(70,955 posts)My supervising physician is a straight, cisgender man who is an outspoken transgender ally; he flies a trans-pride flag on his office door.
Buddyzbuddy
(1,546 posts)PCIntern
(27,638 posts)
SheltieLover
(73,895 posts)
Ray Bruns
(5,621 posts)Ilsa
(63,330 posts)captured in my brain, and I haven't watched it in over 40 years.
kacekwl
(8,600 posts)talking politics with my dentist.
ArnoldLayne
(2,238 posts)As famous as the Phillies Baseball Karen.
NoMoreRepugs
(11,637 posts)Vinca
(52,737 posts)LuckyCharms
(20,659 posts)SunSeeker
(56,772 posts)LuckyCharms
(20,659 posts)SunSeeker
(56,772 posts)He has an office in Valencia, CA. Her office is in neighboring Santa Clarita.
IronLionZion
(49,958 posts)
chowder66
(11,331 posts)Ive seen firsthand how cancel culture works. When you stand up, speak out and make a difference, there are people who will try to tear you down. But heres the truth: It only works if you let it. And I refuse to let it.
Last election cycle, I spent countless hours registering voters and helping community members deliver their ballots through a ballot harvest box that complied with all of Californias laws. I helped turn out hundreds of Republican voters in our local elections. But apparently, ballot harvesting is only acceptable to some when its their ballots being collected.
The first attack came when law enforcement showed up at my office. Someone filed an anonymous complaint accusing me of running an illegal ballot-harvesting operation completely false and totally unfounded. Everything I did followed the law.
Then came the second hit. A few months later, the California Dental Board sent an investigator to my office after a bogus complaint from someone Ive never met or treated. The accusation? That I torture patients who dont share my political views. This ridiculous claim was pulled from a lighthearted joke I made during a speech at the Republican Liberty Gala. My words were twisted, and my career was targeted but I didnt back down.
more....
https://signalscv.com/2025/09/dr-harleen-grewal-you-cant-cancel-me/
dalton99a
(90,401 posts)How about her husband Yuvyaj Grewal?
Orrex
(66,079 posts)That dentist would end the day with no teeth in their mouth.
Ms. Toad
(37,725 posts)About as stupid as it could be. But still clearly an attempt at comedy - not an actual description of how she runs her dental practice.
niyad
(127,489 posts)she actually runs her pediatric practice, which makes her remarks even weirder. I note that several reviews were posted which make her seem questionable, since, as I understand, almost anybody can write a review. However, one seemed quite legutimate, in that she responded in a way that indicated that she, in fact, knew the person. Her response was a bit surprising.
Ms. Toad
(37,725 posts)Many were posted in response to this viral video do I wasn't able to view them.
I have no doubt she is a MAGA idiot. And the social media presence for her business is idiotic but not explicitly targeted to a MAGA audience aside from one n which she was wearing an Elon Tshirt. But this video is clearly an attempt to be a comedian to a MAGA audience she expected to share her biases.
mr715
(1,995 posts)Thank you.
regnaD kciN
(27,296 posts)
Trump will say something unhinged and dangerous, then, if he gets pushback, will turn it into just a joke?
Yeah, not buying it this time, either.
Ms. Toad
(37,725 posts)MayReasonRule
(3,844 posts)
RandiFan1290
(6,616 posts)
Blue Owl
(57,410 posts)RockRaven
(18,061 posts)Because just saying this shit publicly, whether or not she actually enacts it in practice, certainly does that.
Wiz Imp
(7,495 posts)She fails on many of the points. In the video, she brags about not abiding by Nonmaleficence, Beneficence, Justice & Veracity. She should lose her Dental License Yesterday.
ADA Code of Ethics:
https://www.ada.org/-/media/project/ada-organization/ada/ada-org/files/about/2025_code_of_ethics_full.pdf?rev=2a1aa5b75aea4178a773e47178841977&hash=CD87718D579DF13FBD4300E8815B6DE5
Summary:
Five Fundamental Principles:
Nonmaleficence: Avoiding harm to the patient.
Beneficence: Promoting the patient's well-being.
Justice: Treating all patients fairly and equitably.
Veracity: Being truthful and disclosing all relevant information to the patient.
Key Ethical Obligations:
Confidentiality: Protecting patient privacy and medical records.
Informed Consent: Obtaining informed consent from the patient before any treatment procedures.
Referral: Referring patients to specialists when necessary.
Fees: Charging reasonable and disclosed fees for services.
Advertising: Avoiding false or misleading claims about dental services.
Discrimination: Prohibiting discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or other factors.
Additional Ethical Considerations:
Continuing Education: Completing required continuing education courses to stay current with best practices.
Ethical Conflicts: Resolving ethical conflicts in a manner that prioritizes patient welfare.
mwb970
(11,958 posts)Down they go! These are basically Nazis.
unblock
(55,653 posts)I'm willing to believe that this is joked about more often than actually done, but I'm unwilling to believe it never happens.
If a dentist is joking about this, somewhere there's a dentist who is actually going it, and suspicion on this particular dentist is warranted.
Right-wingers believe democrats are evil and a threat to America or western civilization or... something, and they believe in violence and they love "drinking liberal tears" so why shouldn't we believe them when they say the do crap like this?
twodogsbarking
(15,975 posts)PopArtMonkey
(24 posts)Now, she's a Republican activist in NC. When she had her practice, she constantly tried to sell unnecessary procedures. What a champ.
niyad
(127,489 posts)harassed for being openly, actively repuke. She also claims that she said the "less gas" thing as a joke, and them damned Dems have no sense of humour. The fact that she thinks saying that sort of thing is funny is disgusting. She is supposedly a pediatric dentist. .is she torturing her young patients? And some of the reviews are quite troublesome.
And, apparently, her husband is a neurologist. I wonder how he treats his patients.
Skittles
(167,691 posts)in ANY job, let alone that one
Dave Bowman
(5,897 posts)Chasstev365
(6,325 posts)That's what the other side would be doing if the situation was reversed.
ReRe
(12,029 posts)Call it what it is: Sadistic EVIL. She should be prosecuted and never allowed near a Dentistry again in her life! A pediatric dentist to boot. OMG! Thank goodness she was stupid and spilled the beans all over herself!
liberal N proud
(61,148 posts)But what dentist would admit to malpractice.
progressoid
(51,992 posts)people Googling your name just shot up!
And not in a good way.
FAFO.
Totally Tunsie
(11,260 posts)"Dave, I've always wanted to be on your show in the worst way", and Dave replied "Well, you're on my show in the worst way". Burnnnnnnnnnnn.....
This MAGA-moron wanted to be an internet "star"...well, she is. Way to end a nice career! Her Facebook page is alive with appropriately vicious comments and she has supposedly been reported to the California boards, complete with offending video and written comments attached. It'll be in their hands now.
Make note of her name: Harleen Grewal. It'll be an interesting news story to follow to its conclusion. We haven't heard the last of this, perhaps including the day the Pardoning Pedo resolves her of all guilt and shame.
MayReasonRule
(3,844 posts)

DiverDave
(5,181 posts)If my kids dentist said that, I'd go looking for her.
It wouldn't turn out nice for her.
She should be sued back to her parents house.
GreenWave
(11,693 posts)sakabatou
(45,332 posts)their family would hold a funeral with a closed casket.
MustLoveBeagles
(13,634 posts)She needs her license yanked.
Cha
(314,598 posts)snip//
A viral video circulating on social media shows a Southern California dentist whos centered her practice around her support of President Donald Trump joking that she provides worse care for patients who arent Trump supporters.
The video shows Santa Clarita dentist Dr. Harleen Grewal giving some sort of presentation in which she mocks and derides patients who dont share her political beliefs.
https://ktla.com/news/california/california-maga-dentist-jokes-she-gives-worse-care-to-non-trump-supporters-in-viral-video/
We're Not laughing, Asshole. I wondered how she got caught.
ArnoldLayne
(2,238 posts)I wouldn't be very happy about it to say the least, it's sick.
Trumpdumper
(199 posts)She bitches about how she won't be "canceled." Fuck that! I will make sure to share her name and politics far and wide with anyone seeking dental care in the Bay Area! It would be wonderful to dry up her clientele base.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/california-maga-dentist-jokes-she-191910183.html
raccoon
(32,043 posts)SunSeeker
(56,772 posts)Reviews have been temporarily disabled on Yelp due to increased public attention, LOL. https://ktla.com/news/california/california-maga-dentist-jokes-she-gives-worse-care-to-non-trump-supporters-in-viral-video/
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,334 posts)raccoon
(32,043 posts)SunSeeker
(56,772 posts)Watch it while it is still up:
Link to tweet
More info here.
https://ktla.com/news/california/california-maga-dentist-jokes-she-gives-worse-care-to-non-trump-supporters-in-viral-video/
ArnoldLayne
(2,238 posts)
hunter
(39,972 posts)Things that are still hushed up today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry_Davy
MAGA, social media, and nitrous oxide are possibly a bad mix in any combination.
JoseBalow
(8,483 posts)DFW
(58,993 posts)It isnt safe.
SunSeeker
(56,772 posts)phylny
(8,780 posts)niyad
(127,489 posts)edbermac
(16,342 posts)But I bet shes not laughing now
SunSeeker
(56,772 posts)Last edited Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:18 AM - Edit history (1)
She says the California Dental Board came to her dental office to question her about her "joke."
https://signalscv.com/2025/09/dr-harleen-grewal-you-cant-cancel-me/
sl8
(16,878 posts)Incidentally, this rag is pretty far right. One of their editorials talks about "The liars and perverts in the state Assemblys Democrat caucus" and they speak very highly of Trump.
SunSeeker
(56,772 posts)Sugarcoated
(8,202 posts)not "Democrat". Stop using the old McCarthy slur
MayReasonRule
(3,844 posts)The phrase gained traction as an intentional slight during the Cold War. Joseph McCarthy and others weaponized the term to suggest that Democrats were not sufficiently "democratic" in their ideals.
Late 20th century:
The term was revived by Newt Gingrich in the 1980s and 1990s as part of an effort to cast Democrats in a negative light. In 1996, the Republican Party platform was officially changed to read "Democrat Party" to make the subtle point that the party had become elitist.
21st century: High-profile figures like President George W. Bush and Donald Trump have continued to use the phrase. In 2018, Trump explicitly stated that he uses the term because "it doesn't sound good".
Why is the term considered offensive?
The use of the noun "Democrat" in place of the adjective "Democratic" is seen as a deliberate and petty attempt to rebrand the party in a negative way. Major news organizations, including the Associated Press, CNN, and NPR, have instructed their staff to use the adjective "Democratic" and avoid the pejorative term.
lostincalifornia
(4,539 posts)doc03
(38,429 posts)old never had it, never had a dentist even mention it.