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Skullduggery

From Bigfoot to Trump World

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

4.02K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Congressman Denver Riggleman, a Republican from the State of Virginia, joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." Riggleman recently published a story that draws direct parallels between Bigfoot enthusiasts and Trump supporters. The group candidly discuss said parallels and explore the Congressman's fascinating backstory from former Air Force officer to National Security Agency contractor who eventually became a US Representative of a conservative district based on Tea Party principles.

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0:00.0

I'm going to give it to you straight about Bigfoot, some kind of demented creature, always on the hunt for intruders.

0:08.0

Looking to kill, to devour, thirsty, for blood.

0:16.0

That's a scene from a trailer for a recent movie about Bigfoot.

0:20.0

The mythical Harry Behemoth, who, according to some, lurks deep in the forests of North America,

0:26.0

perennially hunted by believers, never actually found.

0:30.0

The passionate belief in the existence of the elusive Bigfoot has been a staple of American culture for years,

0:37.0

but a Republican congressman from Virginia, who has himself gone on Bigfoot hunts,

0:42.0

has recently noted a striking parallel between Bigfoot believers and the followers of Donald Trump,

0:49.0

a parallel that has only gotten more noticeable in the aftermath of the 2020 election amid the president's baseless claims of election fraud.

0:57.0

Both the Bigfoot crowd and the Trump crowd are firm and unshakable in their convictions.

1:03.0

Both are seemingly unmoved by contrary evidence which they dismiss as concocted by powerful establishment forces.

1:10.0

We'll talk to that congressman, Denver Rigelman, about the lines that connect Bigfoot with Trump world on this episode of Skull Duggery.

1:25.0

Because people have got to know whether or not they're presidents of Trump, well I'm not a crook.

1:29.0

I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostage.

1:32.0

My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.

1:38.0

I did not have sexual relations for that woman.

1:42.0

There will be no lies.

1:45.0

We will honor the American people with the truth and nothing else.

1:57.0

I'm Michael Isgov, Chief Investigator correspondent for Yahoo News, and I'm Dan Clyde,

2:01.0

headman editor and chief of Yahoo News.

2:31.0

He's a great leader in the House Freedom Caucus, he declared when he was running for office.

2:36.0

And then he gets in hot water politically because he presides over a same-sex wedding of two of his campaign ads.

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