# Any Congresspeople genuinely give you the creeps? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 24, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641 "2023-09-24T19:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/21 "2023-09-25T00:50:44Z")
If they ever made a Lost Boys movie set in the US Capitol, then I think Lindsey Graham would probably end up being revealed as the head vampire. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/22 "2023-09-25T01:46:45Z")
Trying to get my head around an amalgam of Gosar’s family love, Gaetz’s leering scumfucky-ness (democratic obstructionism aside - this is the creepy angle, here), Blob-Art and MGT’s whackadoo attention whoring to stratospheric levels, Gym Jordan and Lady G, and sure, yeah, gross. I’ll have to stop thinkng about that now. Gee, thanks a lot, thread. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/23 "2023-09-25T02:04:52Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > neither of them gives the vibe that they might have a basement freezer full of pelts harvested from neighborhood pets [![](https://nbcmontana.com/resources/media2/16x9/full/1015/center/80/a671e962-ee0a-4e05-aab4-4a8d6524a329-large16x9_MTGSotUviaGettyImages7.jpg) ](https://nbcmontana.com/resources/media2/16x9/full/1015/center/80/a671e962-ee0a-4e05-aab4-4a8d6524a329-large16x9_MTGSotUviaGettyImages7.jpg) ‘Don’t be ridiculous, that would be a waste of their fur!’ ~ MTG ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/24 "2023-09-25T02:21:35Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > [https://nbcmontana.com/resources/media2/16x9/full/1015/center/80/a671e962-ee0a-4e05-aab4-4a8d6524a329-large16x9\_MTGSotUviaGettyImages7.jpg](https://nbcmontana.com/resources/media2/16x9/full/1015/center/80/a671e962-ee0a-4e05-aab4-4a8d6524a329-large16x9_MTGSotUviaGettyImages7.jpg) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pZ80Zpi7N-E/hqdefault.jpg "Lost monkey roams Ikea") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ80Zpi7N-E) ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/25 "2023-09-25T04:33:31Z")
Former congressman Blake Farenthold (R-TX, resigned 2018). [![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/scaled/2014/12/17/241AF10300000578-0-image-a-6_1418780617543.jpg) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/scaled/2014/12/17/241AF10300000578-0-image-a-6_1418780617543.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/26 "2023-09-25T09:23:45Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Any Congresspeople who don’t? > > I haven’t met that many of them, but most of the ones I have could inhabit a creepy Halloween thriller without having to assume a different persona. I hope I’m not just giving folks the benefit of the doubt on a party-line basis, but I don’t think so: over the past thirty years I’ve met a few of my own Representatives and Senators, both Repubs and Dems as a matter of fact, and have not got a creepy vibe from any of them. (My current local state rep whom I met last year, on the other hand: not quiiiite suuuuuuure. He’s a fellow Dem so it’s not just partisan mistrust, but I can’t quite figure out if he might actually know somebody with a buried body somewhere.) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/27 "2023-09-25T09:51:09Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I hope I’m not just giving folks the benefit of the doubt on a party-line basis, but I don’t think so: over the past thirty years I’ve met a few of my own Representatives and Senators, both Repubs and Dems as a matter of fact, and have not got a creepy vibe from any of them. I’ve only gotten to meet my Congressperson once, and didn’t get any creepy vibes from him, but it turned out about 10 years later that I _should_ have. > **[Bob Filner | 2013 allegations and resignation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Filner#2013_allegations_and_resignation)** > > On July 11, 2013, three of Filner's long-time supporters held a press conference to call for Filner's resignation as mayor, based on numerous unspecified but "credible" allegations that he had sexually harassed women. KPBS-FM said that it had been investigating reports of sexual harassment of female staff members for several months, and that the complaints included "inappropriate comments, kissing and groping". Later that day Filner issued a video statement apologizing and saying that he was On ... ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/28 "2023-09-25T10:14:06Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > if he might actually know somebody with a buried body somewhere.) Most of us know someone with a buried body somewhere. 😁 I’d never buy a car from Gaetz without checking the trunk. Here’s a video about Gosar’s sibs doing an ad against him. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1PU\_qjP3Ba0&pp=ygUWcGF1bCBnb3NhciBhZCBzaWJsaW5ncw%3D%3D](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1PU_qjP3Ba0&pp=ygUWcGF1bCBnb3NhciBhZCBzaWJsaW5ncw%3D%3D) ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/29 "2023-09-25T13:12:44Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Matt Gaetz He manages to stand head and shoulders above the rest, which is impressive as they are a bunch of creeps, even without the [sex trafficing](https://weartv.com/news/local/house-ethics-committee-reopens-rep-gaetz-sex-trafficking-investigation) he just comes across as the creepiest scumbag imaginable. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/30 "2023-09-25T13:22:51Z")
Honestly, I can’t think of a better representation of those two than that. They’re stupid, amoral, and leave a trail of pointless devastation in their wake. And so do Beavis and Butthead. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/31 "2023-09-25T13:22:54Z")
I feel like this is the best comparison of the two pairs: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/0LuCocT.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/0LuCocT) ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/32 "2023-09-25T13:46:06Z")
Lots of semi-creeps named above, but none rise to the benchmark level of arch creep stephen miller, who is, thank Dog, too creepy to be elected (so far) in even the reddest of red jurisdictions. Although it ain’t over, and won’t end until the reps are broken and scattered to the winds, and old stephen is burned at the stake. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/33 "2023-09-25T14:10:02Z")
Yes, the Washington Monument makes it. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/34 "2023-09-25T14:27:09Z")
> [@Dandan](#): > > and old stephen is burned at the stake. I don’t think he’ll actually burn. He’ll just cackle and curse and then disappear in a puff of smoke. ---
**Author:** ![hopesperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@hopesperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hopesperson)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/35 "2023-09-25T14:43:18Z")
Yep. Max Headroom vibe. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/36 "2023-09-25T15:26:12Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I’m sure there are more You could have just linked to all of the Republicans in congress to cover you bases. You’re only missing a few. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/37 "2023-09-25T15:42:32Z")
Marge Three Toes: She strikes me as the kind of ‘hunter’ who’d head into the woods… and if she saw hikers on a trail would lob a round into a tree over their heads. “Because it’s funny”. /s Lauren Boebert, for using her turning tricks skills in the audience of a G-rated children’s musical. > **[Imgflip](https://imgflip.com/i/80ct0k)** ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/38 "2023-09-25T16:25:39Z")
I was going to say, the stake should go through the heart, but then I remembered who it was. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/39 "2023-09-25T17:15:31Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > You could have just linked to all of the Republicans in congress to cover you bases. You’re only missing a few. That’s a _bit_ of an exaggeration. Out of 49 Republican Senators, I noted 16. Out of 221 Republican members of the House, I noted 17. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-congresspeople-genuinely-give-you-the-creeps/990641/40 "2023-09-25T17:48:45Z")
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