Discussion: Trump: I've Seen Vaccines Cause 'Horrible Autism' In Children

system1 · February 3, 2015, 4:52pm

Discussion for article #232810

wwss · February 3, 2015, 5:04pm

Do any journalists ask for documentation for these on-air claims that seem to be pulled from the speakers ass?

alliebean · February 3, 2015, 5:10pm

No you haven’t.

kathotdog · February 3, 2015, 5:11pm

Donald Trump: Not a Doctor

alliebean · February 3, 2015, 5:11pm

Donald Trump: Epic D*****bag.

jsfox · February 3, 2015, 5:15pm

[ double face palm ]

weatherservo9 · February 3, 2015, 5:19pm

I’m totally pro-Trump but I’ve seen him cause horrible idiocy.

callmeeric · February 3, 2015, 5:21pm

“You hear nary a word about them about the unvaccinated people crossing our border en masse over the past twenty years,” Ingraham said at one point during the show.

Unless you listen to Laura’s show. In which case every person crossing the border has Ebola.

jaybeeraybee · February 3, 2015, 5:23pm

I’ve also heard that vaccinations can cause you to wear horrible toupes!

blue_grit · February 3, 2015, 5:23pm

And of course the speaker should not be required to wash his hands after pulling something out of his ass, but should be required to wear a sign stating:

"I do not wash my hands after pulling things out of my ass!"

khaaannn · February 3, 2015, 5:27pm

Anyone who listens to Donald Trump on ANY SUBJECT is officially too stupid to breed.

thunderclapnewman · February 3, 2015, 5:27pm

According to Thom Tillis, Trump doesn’t even have to wash his hands after he pulls these nuggets of stupidity and mendacity out of his ass.

toughguy · February 3, 2015, 5:28pm

In this recent discussion on vaccines, I’ve not heard mention of the impact that Don Imus and his wife, Deirdre, have had on getting politicians to buy into the anti-vaccine propaganda.

Imus, who created the show that Joe Scarborough took over when Imus and his producer, Bernard McGuirk made racist comments about the Rutgers’ women’s basketball team, has been on this crusade for many years. Political suck-ups like Trump, McCain, Christie pay homage to Imus and his wife by lending credence to his bullshit.

mattinpa · February 3, 2015, 5:28pm

Laura Ingraham is not a journalist. That said, no, our increasingly supine so-called real journalists typically don’t ask for documentation or examples. They never developed a mechanism to deal with completely imaginary nonsense—Larouche’s ravings, for instance—except to ignore it. And there are people they won’t ignore—celebrities, politicians, etc.—so they present the nonsense as a “controversy.” That said, are we fucked? Yes. We are fucked. I just don’t think there are enough Katie Courics and Jon Stewarts out there to save us this time.

sniffit · February 3, 2015, 5:29pm

“Trump: I’m ‘Totally Pro-Vaccine’ But I’ve Seen Them Cause ‘Horrible Autism’”

Because he spends so much time looking in the mirror?

mantan · February 3, 2015, 5:31pm

What, does a bell ring to cue the stupid to run to a microphone?

doremus_jessup · February 3, 2015, 5:35pm

The lid to the stupid jar has been tossed into the bin. People will hear these ramblings from self promoting mad men and stop vaccinating their kids. They’re more of a menace to society than a hundred bowling Ebola doctors combined.

rich_in_nj · February 3, 2015, 5:37pm

Self-diagnosis doesn’t count.

forkedtongue · February 3, 2015, 5:38pm

Ingraham added that studies have debunked such anecdotes, but still
complained that anyone who makes the autism connection is “excoriated”
by the media

Gee, I can’t imagine why people who spread misinformation that puts vast numbers of children at risk for their lives, and which you admit is not supported by peer-reviewed science, should be given a hard time for it. Poor babies.

maxaroo · February 3, 2015, 5:41pm