Rick Perry Challenges Donald Trump to a Pull-Up Contest, Presumably After Declaring a Tie in a Brain Contest

Perry challenged Trump to a pull-up competition because...politics?

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In honor of one titan of infantile stupidity — Rick Perry — challenging such stupidity's arguable reigning champion — Donald Trump — to a fittingly arbitrary pull-up competition, let's play a joyous little game called Trump or Perry: Selections from a History of Stupidity. In 2014, one of these definitely-not-kidding individuals made the following remark regarding same-sex marriage and the LGBT community at large:

"I may have the genetic coding that I’m inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that — and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.

This one belongs to the Pull-Up King himself, Mr. Rick-Roll-a-Nation Perry. However, as this is a quick and ultimately unwinnable game, let's take in the classic Trump remark below as we once again realize that guys like this are largely interchangeable:

"It's like in golf. A lot of people, I don’t want this to sound trivial, but a lot of people are switching to these really long putters, very unattractive. It's weird. You see these great players with these really long putters, because they can't sink three-footers anymore. And I hate it. I am a traditionalist."

Of course, such quotes are but a (very) small sampling of a history of brazen dumbness — hopefully reaching some sort of peak with this theoretical pull-up match. Speaking to the Yale Club (sigh), Perry suggested the face-off in response to Trump's request that Perry be subjected to an IQ test prior to the forthcoming Republican debates. "Let's get a pull-up bar out there," Perry told the also-definitely-not-kidding Yale Club audience. "Let's see who can do the most pull-ups."

Thus, another day passes with radio silence from fellow candidateDeez Nuts.

 

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