Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson doubled down on antigay bigotry at an event for Ted Cruz in Iowa over the weekend.
Remember when Duck Dynasty was an innocuous and controversy free reality show on A&E? Yeah, neither do we. Since that infamous GQ article from January 2014, Robertson and crew have become darlings of the far right while destroying the Duck Dynasty brand with homophobia, and his remarks over the weekend were no different.
Actually — scratch that — his remarks in Iowa City were as batsh*t crazy as ever:
“When a fellow like me looks at the landscape and sees the depravity, the perversion — redefining marriage and telling us that marriage is not between a man and a woman? Come on Iowa! It is nonsense. It is evil. It’s wicked. It’s sinful. They want us to swallow it, you say. We have to run this bunch out of Washington, D.C. We have to rid the earth of them. Get them out of there.”
“Rid the earth of them?” Yikes.
Cruz is running slightly behind Donald Trump in Iowa, which means both will be pandering more to the far right as votes are finally cast. Cruz didn’t add to Robertson’s remarks when he took the stage, but he did praise Robertson’s “voice of truth.”
Unfortunately for the GOP, short-term pandering is unlikely to have long-term positive results for the party, since the kind of backwards rhetoric Robertson spouts is a major turnoff to the independents and moderates who will decide the election.
If you ask us, Robertson needs to get away from politics and back to reality TV where he belongs, and he can take Trump with him.
Phillip Bernal
Nero had a great use for these bible thumping RETARDS! lion food and patio lights…
CamRon Hastiin Yazhii
Come, come out where ever you are. All the silent crazies are voicing their opinions now, let yourself be known.
David Scrivens
These hateful, bigoted morons are made for each other but what makes it all that worse is the fact they try to call themselves Christians which they are not even close.
Xzamilio
Nothing new here… sexual repression and religious fanaticism go hand in hand. That, and the fact that it’s obvious by now that the ones so damn hellbent on attacking homosexuality have something else going on under the surface. Robertson, though? Nah, he’s a genuine lunatic that believes his religious sky daddy hogwash. Sigh, these people and their imaginary friends.
Leon Duguay
He should stick his finger up his anus alongside with Ted they might get a trill Instead of being Nut cases !
Stephen Meeks
He belongs in neither politics nor “reality” TV. He just needs to sink into oblivion.
Christopher Hayward
Sadly it is his right to express his views, even though we do not agree with him. I am happy most people support the LBGT community.
Martin Talbot
Hate doesn’t like diversity and equality !
Manny Lugo
Stop the free promotion to these to the bigoted idiots $$$$$
Jon Mackey
Stupid
Ron King
It takes a special kind of stupid……to be an evangelical christian creep!
Robert Hamner
To hell with this poor white trash family. Write the network and sponsors to boycott the show and products that support the program.
Justin S. Bishop
I couldn’t care any less, what this person thinks about the subject.
Brian JC Kneeland
blast duck dynasty bigots!
Jeff Franklin
They like to talk about abominations?? Two of them right there.
froril
These people make duck whistles. Can we stop pretending that they are relevant to anything else.
1EqualityUSA
Birds of a feather flock together.
Victor Barry
Two people I dispose. Makes my vote easier.
Juanjo
@Robert Hamner:
Don’t insult poor white trash families by lumping this piece of dog excrement in with them. This hate filled jerk is a wealthy businessman who has a MBA and is not at all the person he appears to be in this persona he has adopted. This was all done for the television show he sold to the network. If yu google him you will find that in fact prior to the show he and his sons were all groomed and dressed in the latest fashions, drove luxury autos, lives in gated communities, played golf in Scotland and other high priced resorts and generally lived like the upper middle class people they really are.
This hillbilly redneck shtick is all just a complete farce. But he truly is a far right, religious fanatic.
Luis H. Lopez
Another bigot douche ! Boycott the sponsors of the show!
jbqueernews04
In almost every other culture in the Western world, when you say that ‘all of these people should be wiped from the face of the earth’ you find yourself in prison for committing a hate crime. We do not recognize this same standard of behaviour in THIS country. Consequently, and as a result, I feel free to say that if Cruz is somehow elected president after this, it is likely that somebody will put a bullet in the center of his forehead within the first three months…..
scotty
@Phillip Bernal:
The lions wouldn’t eat the Christians cause they were full of shit.
billeetee
Okay, we may not like what Good Ole Phil has to say. We may not like the way Good Ole Phil thinks (if you can call it such). But just as he has the right (and he does) to say these outrageous, hateful things, we have the right to ‘counter’ in any way, shape or form. Remember, Phil has a tendency to open his mouth, insert both feet and most of his butt, as do his other ‘family members’ (if they can be called such).
Let Phil talk. As much as he wants. The more he talks the more people will see him as the ranting, raving Mouth of Evil that he is. And it’s most appropriate that Phil embraces Ted. One loonie loving another. How Gay!
John McMillin
Dear Phil AND Ted while we’re at it….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnTIsubYbCU
dean089
OK, when a redneck says redneck things THAT’S NOT NEWS. You might as well have a headline that says “Today the sky appears to be up above.”
1EqualityUSA
Our country’s comedians do take care of these benign tumors. It is a fun, endearing way to handle gas-bag freakers. Some societies resort to oppression, but USA laughs them down, into oblivion, making a living off of their idiocy, and having fun doing it. Sharing zingers via the internet is so much fun. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from derision, should one be a nutter. Quack some more, mister, whoever you are. Your beard is not cool, just grodie. Trump was not helped by this man’s participation.
woodroad34
He’s a niche boogey man; he has no value, no substance and a failed “reality” show. Oh, wait…I’m confused — are we talking about Sarah Palin?
Larry Richardson
Duck Dynasty, better known as DIE NASTY.
1EqualityUSA
they all deserve each other.
Shirley White
He look like a bum!!! Clean yourself up! Then we might be able to talk
Mack
He’s an educated man who is using his fame to drum up viewers for his tv show. Just like the Kardashians and their constant bid to boost their show. He’s doing the same thing that Cruz, Rubio, Huckleberry, Santorum and now Trump doing-pandering to the illiterate right wing Christians. If anyone is evil it is he.
MinnesotaNotNice
Why does Queerty or any other media outlet give time to any member of this knuckle dragging, inbred clan of neanderthals?? Is anyone surprised by the views expressed by them? No! Time to leave these human relics behind where they belong!
Jerry St Onge
2 idiots together. Imagine that!
Chuck
Everybody, PLEASE don’t make fun of the quack quacks just yet. I wanted to propose a business deal with the head quacker Phil. I have two pictures, one of his butt buddy Ted Cruz. The other picture is Sarah Palin. I’ve turned both of these pictures into ” Aim to Pee ” in the big mouth. You know kids have to be taught at an early age. Make sure you tell them not to hate these people, but love them as God wants us to all love each other. The three mentioned above can’t help the fact that there brains were filled with batsh*t.
Dennis Patrick Ellis
IGNORANT – they think they can blast ugly hate words- KARMA *
Karl Huff
This is another example of Americans making stars out of prejudice and hateful actions, so we make them rich and celebrities.
Ben Stimpson
Why are there so many asshols with the last name Robertson???
Claude Peterson
homophobia is a sickness,but homosexuality is GÃ?NÃ?TIC , it is not difficult to understand ; and that Phil is so ugly that no men neither women want of him