GOP Rep Goes To Extreme Lengths To Defend His Manliness To Fox News

Talk about “straw man” arguments: A GOP congressman is getting mocked for the bizarre way he trumpeted his masculine bona fides to a Fox News interviewer.

Thursday’s episode of Jesse Watters’ show featured a montage showing various Republican politicians commenting on the host’s “rules for men” to producer Johnny Belisario.

But Watters’ biggest ick for men seems to be when they use straws, which he once called “unbecoming” because of it forces a man to purse his lips.

So, naturally, Belisario asked Tennessee congressman Tim Burchett his thoughts about Watters’ opinion that “men should not drink out of a straw in public, or at all.”

Although Watters is only a self-proclaimed authority of masculinity, Burchett apparently decided to suck up to him ― at least in regards to straws.

“I don’t drink out of a straw, brother. That’s what the women in my house do,” Burchett told Belisario.

Of course, insisting that straw use is divided by gender is a stupid claim ― especially when there are receipts, such as this photo from November showing Burchett holding a milkshake with a straw.

Burchett also seemed to be a fan of straws in this X post from July 2018.

HuffPost reached out to Burchett’s office for clarity on his feelings towards straws, but no one immediately responded.

However, Burchett was brutally mocked on social media for his attempt to suck up to Watters’ viewers by suggesting only women use straws — and for his forgetfulness regarding past usage.