That honor goes to … “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson.
Robertson was a special guest at CPAC, where he received Citizens United’s “Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award.” Before Jeb Bush was set to speak, Robertson took to the stage to address the crowd … and that’s when things got interesting:
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/571381303297347584
It sure sounds like it:
Welp, now Phil Robertson is talking STDs at #CPAC2015. He just called disease the "revenge of the hippies." pic.twitter.com/Z61VyLywkU
— Denise Eff (@DeniseFlores) February 27, 2015
Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson addressing CPAC very distressed about the 110 million Americans with STDs. Blames hippies.
— Nick O'Malley (@npomalley) February 27, 2015
"What do you call the 110 Million who have STDs? Revenge of the Hippies” – Phil Robertson #CPAC2015 #CPACQ
— Andrew Patrick (@Andrew_Patrick) February 27, 2015
Phil Robertson of "Duck Dynasty" is talking about the Founding Fathers and STDs and I'm guessing he won't be invited to the '16 convention.
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) February 27, 2015
Why is Phil Robertson talking about genital herpes?
— Aryssa's Doing NaNoWriMo (@AryssaReads) February 27, 2015
Phil Robertson is now talking about STDs "I don't want you, America, to get sick!" I have no clue where this is going. #CPAC2015
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) February 27, 2015
I just heard Phil Robertson say the words "genital herpes" in front of a giant ballroom of conservatives. What is even happening #CPAC2015
— Beth Ethier (@missdeutsch) February 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/571380685052760064
Welcome to 2016, @JebBush. You get to wait offstage while a guy from Duck Dynasty talks about STDs. #CPAC2015
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) February 27, 2015
Phil Robertson preaching about STDs at #CPAC Genuinely bizarre
— Kristopher Purcell (@purcellkris) February 27, 2015
Duck Dynasty guy talking STDs on stage at CPAC. How is Jeb going to follow this?
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) February 27, 2015
Duck Dynasty talking about STDs. #CPAC2015
— Big Pappa (@DCbigpappa) February 27, 2015
PhilRobertson has compelling campaign message if decides to run: I dont want America to get sick from sexually transmitted disease #CPAC2015
— Jamie Weinstein (@Jamie_Weinstein) February 27, 2015
We are off the rails at #CPAC2015. Sexually transmitted diseases?
— Eye on Politics (@EyeOnPolitics) February 27, 2015
Ugh. RT @EyeOnPolitics: We are off the rails at #CPAC2015. Sexually transmitted diseases?
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) February 27, 2015
Everyone in my row giggling. RT @JimPethokoukis: This Duck Dynasty guy is really energizing the CPAC crowd. Electric. Crackling.
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) February 27, 2015
I'm having sex ed flashbacks. #CPAC2015 pic.twitter.com/B1D6BPP5HJ
— Julie Borowski (@JulieBorowski) February 27, 2015
"We had no idea the celebrity we invited to this event would go off the rails" – apparently every conservative organizer #CPAC2015
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) February 27, 2015
Seriously off the rails. Many spectators wondered just how long the speech would go on:
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/571382211682951168
Robertson should go full Castro here and speak for the next four hours
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) February 27, 2015
I want this Duck Dynasty speech to go on for two more hours.
— Matt Welch (@MattWelch) February 27, 2015
Robertson is scheduled to finish his remarks by Tuesday.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) February 27, 2015
Send help: Phil Robertson holding 2000 people hostage at CPAC. Won’t. Get. Off. Stage.
— Jordan Gehrke (@Gehrke) February 27, 2015
Even Jeb seemed confused:
Backstage here at #CPAC2015, just waiting for Phil Robertson to wrap up! pic.twitter.com/PSIt86QcZy
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) February 27, 2015
This is basically Jeb Bush saying, "WTF?" https://t.co/43aJIfqYm1
— Chris Moody (@moody) February 27, 2015
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