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Guam will Capsize and Tip Over into the ocean Hank Johnson

Andrew's Arcade · 3.6M views · 2011-06-25 · 2:03

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Overview

A 2-minute clip of US Representative Hank Johnson telling a congressional hearing he feared Guam would become so overpopulated that it would tip over and capsize. Johnson later said he was joking.

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HN uses it purely as a joke about politicians' grasp of geography and science.

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fallingknife · 2024-05 · Joke / meme

Probably because Congress isn't smart enough to realize his mistake. Here's one of them worried that Guam might capsize [VIDEO]

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loonster · 2022-10 · Joke / meme

Or my personal favorite, Rep Hank Johnson thinks Guam will tip over if too many troops get deployed onto it. [VIDEO]

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mlac · 2022-01 · Joke / meme

The submarine might burrow itself down into the Mariana Trench and then set them all off at the same time. This would open a crack in the ocean floor, draining the ocean. I’m studying how these things work where this guy went to school: [VIDEO]

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