13 Fibs, Fabrications, And Outright Fantasies From Political Hacks
![13 Fibs, Fabrications, And Outright Fantasies From Political Hacks](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/0/5/895105_320x180.jpg)
Sure, it’s no secret at All that politicians often say outrageous things... but, at some point, you do perhaps expect there to be some limits. From global warming denial to false claims about mass shootings, though, it seems like there’s no limit to the outrageousness of some of the things our elected officials say. But it’s not just the outlandishness of their statements that’s so shocking... it’s the fact that, well, these people are kinda supposed to be representing us.
This list takes a look at some of the most outrageous things that have been said by politicians in recent years. From Senator James Inhofe’s amazingly dumb snowball stunt to Congressman Steve King’s comments about castrating slaves (??), these are some of the most ridiculous things our elected officials have said. So, without further ado, let’s take a look at thirteen of the most breathtakingly, amazingly stupid things politicians have said in recent years.
Snowball fight in the Senate? No? Oh well.
![JAMES INHOFE WRON WRONG WRONG In 2015, Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma brought a snowball to the Senate floor to prove that global warming isn't real. It's a snowball just from outside here. So it's very, very cold out. Very unseasonable, he said, in February. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/3/894213.jpg)
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Ted Cruz: Wrong about books, wrong about racism.
![TED CRUZ WRONG WRONG WRONG At the hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, Cruz asked her about some books for Black kids, like Antiracist Baby. Не was pretty ANTIRACIST wrong about what was in them, and claimed they were BABY teaching kids to be racist. IBRAH Х. KENDI ILLUSTRATIONS K ASH LURASHEVSKY CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/2/894212.jpg)
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Guam won’t flip over.
![WRONG WRONG WRONG HANK JOHNSON Congressman Johnson was worried that if too many military personnel were sent to Guam, the island might flip over. My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize, were his exact words. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/6/894216.jpg)
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Politician thinks job is get-out-of-jail-free card.
![WRONG WRONG WRONG GET OUT ON OF JAIL Yast Chance DEAN DAVIS Davis, a politician from Oklahoma, said he couldn't be arrested because of his job. Не made this claim when he was taken into custody for being drunk in public. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/8/894218.jpg)
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Fact-Free Analysis.
![CLAUDIA TENNEY Rep. Tenney, a Republican from New York, said in an interview in 2018 that the majority of people who have committed mass shootings are Democrats. This is, WRONG of course, absolute WRONG WRONG CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/1/894221.jpg)
Trump didn’t catch bin Laden.
![LISA MCCLAIN McClain, a Republican Congresswoman, once claimed that Donald WRONG Trump was responsible for catching Osama bin Laden. Of course, bin WRONG Laden was killed during Barack Obama's administration, some WRONG Republicans' fantasies notwithstanding. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/0/894220.jpg)
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"No one dies from lack of health care?" Really?
![WRONG WRONG WRONG RAÚL R. LABRADOR At a town hall in Lewiston, Idaho in 2017, Rep. Labrador said that no one dies from not having access to health care. This made the crowd (made up exclusively of human body owners) really mad. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/7/894217.jpg)
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Slaves... castrated? Really?
![STEVE KING Congressman King said in a speech to the House of Representatives that transgender troops were similar to slaves who had been castrated. That guy's made plenty of bizarre quotes, but WRONG this one is up there. WRONG WRONG CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/5/894215.jpg)
Guns don’t kill people, abortions do.
![WRONG WRONG WRONG CLAY HIGGINS Higgins, a U.S. Congressman, said in 2023 that gun violence doesn't exist, and that more kids are killed by abortion than guns each year. How's that for attempting to erase reality? CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/4/894214.jpg)
Bob Hall: Falsely claiming animal testing stopped.
![WRONG WRONG BOB HALL WRONG Hall, a Texas State Senator, said at a hearing that the animal testing for the COVID-19 vaccines had been stopped because the animals were dying, and they never got around to the human testing. Obviously, this was total BS. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/9/894219.jpg)
More guns, less safety.
![WRONG WRONG WRONG DAN CRENSHAW Crenshaw, a Republican congressman, said that having more guns in schools would stop school shootings-even though research has shown otherwise. His suggestion is to make armed guards a regular feature of schools. Not dystopian in the slightest! CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/0/894210.jpg)
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"Legitimate" rape? Really?
![WRONG WRONG WRONG TODD AKIN Akin, a candidate for the Missouri Senate, caused a lot of anger in 2012, when he said that a woman's body could prevent a pregnancy if the rape was legitimate. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/9/894209.jpg)
UFOs: Now in Government Use.
![TIM BURCHETT WRONG WRONG WRONG Burchett, a congressman, said that the U.S. government is trying to figure out how to use technology from UFOs. I think that a lot of that's being reverse-engineered right now, but we just don't understand it, he explained. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/1/894211.jpg)
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