Newsmax host Eric Boiling claimed "the woke mob left" is working to "corrup our nation's youth" with a "twerking epidemic" in the latest absurd claim made on the conservative network best known for sharing conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic and the integrity of the 2020 general election.
Boiling's "evidence" for his claim included videos of people twerking during Pride Month celebrations, a flash twerk party on the New York City subway and video of a Democratic politician twerking on a beach on Independence Day earlier this month.
He said twerking is being used by the left to "radicalize" American youth.
You can hear what he said in the video below.
\u201cNewsmax's Eric Bolling: "There's clearly a twerking epidemic. And the left-wing mob is doing everything, everything they can to keep the twerking going and corrupt our nation's youth"\u201d— Jason Campbell (@Jason Campbell) 1659010721
Boiling's claim immediately exposed him to mockery online.
\u201c2022: PLAGUE! POX! WAR! HATE! AN HOUR'S PAY FOR BREAD! THE WORLD BURNS AROUND YOU!!!\n\nNewsmax: "Clearly, all this twerking is what we should be concerned about."\u201d— Rose LaCroix (@Rose LaCroix) 1659037746
\u201cI embrace the twerking epidemic.\u201d— The Reverend Reiderson (@The Reverend Reiderson) 1659038101
\u201cSomeone ask Dr. Fauci about this epidemic\u201d— Thor Benson (@Thor Benson) 1659039148
\u201cthe same people who insisted covid was nothing now refer to twerking as an epidemic lmao someone find me a new planet pls this one is too silly\u201d— Gallifreyan Jedi (@Gallifreyan Jedi) 1659038168
\u201cHow many times will this great nation be destroyed by risqu\u00e9 dance moves?\u201d— \ud835\ude97\ud835\ude98\ud835\ude8c\ud835\ude98\ud835\ude97\ud835\ude9d\ud835\ude9b\ud835\ude98\ud835\ude95\ud835\ude95\ud835\ude8e\ud835\ude9b (@\ud835\ude97\ud835\ude98\ud835\ude8c\ud835\ude98\ud835\ude97\ud835\ude9d\ud835\ude9b\ud835\ude98\ud835\ude95\ud835\ude95\ud835\ude8e\ud835\ude9b) 1659100296
\u201cSo they will take a \u201ctwerking epidemic\u201d seriously but not a worldwide pandemic??\u201d— Peter \ud83e\udddc\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u2728Barista Nurse (@Peter \ud83e\udddc\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u2728Barista Nurse) 1659100717
\u201cIf twerking is an epidemic you can call me a bugchaser\u201d— Yakub (@Yakub) 1659144104
\u201c"WoN't aNyoNe tHiNk oF tHe cHiLdEeN?"\n\n[Unless an AR-15 is involved]\u201d— WylieDeeds (@WylieDeeds) 1659031544
\u201cThese dorks are afraid of literally everything.\u201d— Fun in the Sun Leopard (@Fun in the Sun Leopard) 1659100488
Conservatives have drawn more attention to the subject of twerking in recent weeks after Tiara Mack, a Democrat representing District 6 in Rhode Island, refused to apologize for a video she uploaded to TikTok that shows her twerking on a beach.
Mack posted the eight-second video on July 4. She ends the video with a call to action, urging for her supporters to vote for her in the upcoming election.
Mack dismissed complaints from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who said the video was unprofessional, telling TMZ that she is "never going to become a fake politician" and that "she doesn't think an apology is in order for something that is authentically her."
The video, which has been viewed tens of thousands of times since it was initially uploaded, attracted a slew of misogynistic commentary, particularly from conservatives who suggested that it was indicative of the Democratic Party's moral decline.
It even attracted the attention of Fox News personality Tucker Carlson, who said that Mack, "head in the sand, twerking" shows voters that "that's the Democratic Party in 2020."