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Passages

(3,553 posts)
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 08:11 AM Friday

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

lastlib

(26,620 posts)
14. I don't think the sofa was capable of consenting....
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:00 AM
Friday

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

lastlib

(26,620 posts)
36. Well, I guess you could look at it that way.......
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 01:50 PM
Friday


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

marble falls

(67,999 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
Friday

lastlib

(26,620 posts)
38. Good point!
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 02:34 PM
Friday

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

ananda

(32,970 posts)
23. As you can see they are both crass and crazy opportunists.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:45 AM
Friday

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

(24,630 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
Friday

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

littlemissmartypants

(29,296 posts)
10. He's a psychopath just like his boss. Hence the compulsive lying. ...
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 09:43 AM
Friday

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

(16,764 posts)
6. CNN article:
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 08:56 AM
Friday
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

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

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

IronLionZion

(49,804 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
Friday

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

(13,089 posts)
15. Show this to Laura Loomer since it fits her definition of being disloyal to Cankles
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:05 AM
Friday

he should be fired by next week.

SpankMe

(3,580 posts)
16. He was smart once. Wish I knew what happened to him
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:13 AM
Friday

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

maxsolomon

(37,253 posts)
33. When was that?
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 11:15 AM
Friday

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

relayerbob

(7,262 posts)
19. It's amazing what a little blackmail will accomplish
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:32 AM
Friday

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

paleotn

(20,824 posts)
22. But hey! If Hitler gives me a job, he ain't so bad
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:45 AM
Friday

Particularly one I’m no where near qualified for.

FakeNoose

(38,498 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
Friday

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

(24,224 posts)
30. It just goes to show how little character they truly possess
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:58 AM
Friday

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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