Oh hi, did you know that incoming DNI Tulsi Gabbard mindlessly agreed with "They're putting litter boxes in schools"?

[ck4829]

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At a luncheon for Republican women in Mesa County, Colorado, last week, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., warned that educators “are putting litter boxes in schools for people who identify as cats.”

At least 20 conservative candidates and elected officials have claimed this year that K-12 schools are placing litter boxes on campus or making other accommodations for students who identify as cats, according to an NBC News review of public statements.

Every school district that has been named by those 20 politicians said either to NBC News or in public statements that these claims are untrue. There is no evidence that any school has deployed litter boxes for students to use because they identify as cats.

But the claim has taken on a life of its own among a growing number of Republicans, conservative influencers and political commentators. In an episode of Spotify’s “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast this week, host Joe Rogan told former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard that a litter box was installed in a school that his friend’s wife worked at for a girl who “identifies as an animal.” A clip of the discussion quickly began to circulate on social media. Rogan did not name the school, and his publicist did not respond to a request for comment.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/urban-myth-litter-boxes-schools-became-gop-talking-point-rcna51439

Notice the bold part, that's important for later on.

And here is the exchange:

Gabbard did not question the bogus anecdote, saying that Rogan's fabricated story was “absolutely insane."

JOE ROGAN (HOST): How did anybody allow it to get this far? Who? Are there no adults in the room? I mean, that's a big expression, right?

TULSI GABBARD (FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE): It is.

ROGAN: That was the thing that everyone said we were going to love about the Biden administration.

GABBARD: Right.

https://www.mediamatters.org/joe-rogan-experience/joe-rogan-and-tulsi-gabbard-spread-debunked-internet-hoax-students-are-using

Joe Rogan admits he lied about schools using litter boxes

https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-rogan-admits-he-lied-about-schools-using-litter-boxes-for-furries-student/

Joe Rogan admits schools don’t have litter boxes for kids who ‘identify’ as furries

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/nov/04/joe-rogan-school-litter-boxes-kids-furries-gender

And here's the comment from Tulsi Gabbard about her realizing her mistake when she agreed to a lie by Joe Rogan that he admitted was a lie...

[jls4561]

1. Was the litter box installed when a visit from Tulsi Gabbard was expected?

I mean you gotta have something to clump the waste so it’s scoopable.

[B.See]

2. NO! You mean

schools DON'T have litter boxes for kids who ‘identify’ as furries??

How 'bout JFK? Is he still slated for a Dallas return?

[Irish_Dem]

3. They will slander, lie and gaslight. Damage the country for money and power.

And lie about our schools, teachers and children.

[ck4829]

4. Indeed. It's a war against education.

[Irish_Dem]

7. And the American people. Lying, cheating, killing them.

[Johonny]

5. She was a pundit on FOX

And thus he knows her. He only hires from FOX news. Who only hires from Putin University. Good ole PU

[ck4829]

6. Indeed

[dsc]

8. Imagine for a moment that a school actually did this in the age of cell phone cameras

does anyone think for even one second there wouldn't be a viral video of the litter box? You wouldn't be able to turn on a computer without seeing the video.

[JI7]

9. This is believed by more people than you might think

[ck4829]

10. And that's a little disturbing

[keep_left]

11. Gabbard has been pushing culture-war garbage for many years now...

...and she is virulently homophobic, as is the ridiculous cult that she and her family are a part of. So it's not surprising that Gabbard would fall for any sort of "alternative lifestyle" story about "furries" in grade schools, etc. It doesn't help that Joe Rogan is infamous for being one of the most credulous media personalities on the planet. That goes not only for his personal views, but also for the gullibility he shows in accepting any sort of nonsense that his guests might say. This is yet another sorry example.

By the way, IIRC the "grade school furries" story was popularized by Scott Jensen, a MAGA chud candidate for MN governor in 2022.

https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2022/10/jensen-repeats-baseless-story-of-furries-urinating-in-school-litter-boxes/