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Wiz Imp

(8,762 posts)
44. I talked about this in a previous post
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 08:30 PM
Dec 16

It was in response to this:



He said he won every county in Texas along the border. That is false. Harris won 2 counties along the border including the one with by far the largest population (El Paso County which Harris won by 15%). Most of those border counties are very low population counties. There were only 3 counties along the border (in addition to El Paso) which had as many as 16,000 votes. Trump won those by 2%, 2.9% & 5.8%. Hardly landslide victories.

He also told a rambling story about a snake in Peru. I honestly didn't pay much attention to what he said there, but I did hear him say this snake was the most venomous in the world.

In reality, non of the 12 most evnomous snakes can be found anywhere in South America (or anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere) so the snake his story was about wasn't anywhere near the most venomous snake in the world. Most of the most venomous snakes in the world are found in Australia, a fact that I'm sure Trump has no clue about.

He also said 28,000 people die each year in Peru of snake bites. In reality, there's only about 2,150 total snake bites each year in Peru, and of those, only 10 people die.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/sweaty-trump-rambles-about-snakes-and-thirsts-over-ivanka-lookalike/

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Why was he even talking about Peruvian vipers in the first place? Ocelot II Dec 16 #1
Think of his cabinet, perhaps? SheltieLover Dec 16 #3
Professional courtesy? Jerry2144 Dec 16 #4
Vipers, maybe, but why Peruvian vipers? Who's talking about Peru at all? Ocelot II Dec 16 #5
Confused w/Venezuela ? Not at all beyond possibility -- in fact, quite probable. eppur_se_muova Dec 16 #7
He was evidently discussing someone in the room. cab67 Dec 16 #14
No viper would tolerate such a comparison. cab67 Dec 16 #12
He surrounds himself with them. Why wouldn't he talk about them? jmowreader Dec 16 #10
No, he doesn't. cab67 Dec 16 #13
This story had the victim escorting BidenRocks Dec 16 #35
He murdered Truth about 10 years ago. maxsolomon Dec 16 #2
Reagan was notorious... GiqueCee Dec 16 #6
"To the people of Bolivia, or someplace like that." eppur_se_muova Dec 16 #8
And to Brazilians no less! peppertree Dec 16 #28
"Snoozalini" -- Bwaah! Pinback Dec 17 #55
Why, thank you. peppertree Dec 17 #56
Brazilian scientists take a very dim view of colonialist attitudes. cab67 Dec 17 #58
True. 'Colonialist attitude' is the GOPee's middle name. peppertree Dec 17 #63
Things just pop in his head and then leak out of his mouth PatSeg Dec 16 #9
Only about one-half. The others end up in his Depends. erronis Dec 16 #11
Ha, ha, yeah I think you're right PatSeg Dec 16 #30
Fun fact: There are no poisonous snakes. markodochartaigh Dec 16 #15
My daughter knows this. cab67 Dec 16 #22
About half of the adults that markodochartaigh Dec 16 #25
and I'm willing to bet about half of those don't understand the explanation. cab67 Dec 16 #31
Have you ever bitten a snake? IronLionZion Dec 16 #24
I've never had a reason to bite one. cab67 Dec 16 #34
This is arguable since there are snakes that have a good chance of being poisonous. PurgedVoter Dec 17 #53
We saw a Fer de Lance in Costa Rica obamanut2012 Dec 16 #16
very lucky! cab67 Dec 16 #21
The point is to be very afraid of anyone brown or black IronLionZion Dec 16 #17
Those are gorgeous snakes. cab67 Dec 16 #19
The president need not be a trained herpetologist shakeyslim Dec 16 #18
That is 10 over the span of 2000-2015 relayerbob Dec 16 #20
no, it's ten per year. cab67 Dec 16 #23
What do you expect from a demented, senile IMBECILE? AZ8theist Dec 16 #26
Thank you SuzyandPuffpuff Dec 16 #27
Snakes on the brain. SusieCreamcheese Dec 16 #29
It's the snakes that fall out of trees that scare the bejesus out of me FakeNoose Dec 16 #32
True story - cab67 Dec 16 #36
The Confabulator in Chief is hemorrhaging brain cells Hassler Dec 16 #33
Not only 10 people but 10 people over 15 years nt Javaman Dec 16 #37
pretty sure it's ten per year cab67 Dec 16 #38
I have to find the article Javaman Dec 16 #39
I might be wrong as well. cab67 Dec 16 #46
Yup you're right. Javaman Dec 16 #40
I appreciate the fact check. cab67 Dec 16 #47
When we were going to Costa Rica to zipline, tavernier Dec 16 #41
I encountered driver ants in Kenya this past summer. cab67 Dec 16 #43
Mr eyelash was especially interesting since it had wrapped itself tavernier Dec 16 #48
I have seen a fer-de-lance in Costa Rica. My gardener killed one 2 weeks ago and brought to the house to show me! sinkingfeeling Dec 16 #42
why did he kill it? cab67 Dec 16 #45
He said it started to flee when he encountered it within 20 feet of my pool, but then sinkingfeeling Dec 17 #50
I talked about this in a previous post Wiz Imp Dec 16 #44
His brain is undergoing frontotemporal dementia - on top of the malignant narcissistic personality disorder summer_in_TX Dec 16 #49
"besides, its the coastal taipan" got my ho ho ho this morning. rampartd Dec 17 #51
most blather out of oompa's hamburger hole is bullshit. if he was poor at a bar, he's be a crank. pansypoo53219 Dec 17 #52
My takeaway is that Trump is afraid of a lot of things. yardwork Dec 17 #54
It's so refreshing to listen to real expertise on this MadameButterfly Dec 17 #57
Sorry if this has already been addressed. But I learned ages ago that a viper is a general term for many snakes. efhmc Dec 17 #59
Coral snakes (which occur in Texas) aren't true vipers. cab67 Dec 17 #60
If a viper bit tRUMP Conjuay Dec 17 #61
Why would a snake be interested in Twinklesphincter? cab67 Dec 17 #62
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