Fact Checking The Def Noodles Debate - [H3 After Dark #10]

The hosts characterize Def Noodles' career path—from aspiring actor to YouTuber, then comedian, and now politician—as a series of 'costumes' adopted to stay relevant and gain attention. They suggest he lacks genuine conviction, simply adapting to whatever is 'hot' or offers a platform for personal visibility.

The hosts state, 'he wanted to be an actor, then he became a YouTuber because that's what was hot, and then when he failed at that, he became a politician.'

Def Noodles made a deportation joke directed at a crew member, Nate, during the debate. The hosts found this particularly egregious, not only for its insensitivity but also because Def Noodles is running for a position of power that could influence such policies. They noted his subsequent attempt to dismiss it as 'just a joke' and shake Nate's hand, which Nate refused.

Kate recounts, 'he said, 'Well, I'm gonna deport you first or I'm gonna deport you.' And like at a at a time when we're seeing like the most like fascist immigration policy... To make that joke as somebody who's running for office.'

Def Noodles claimed that child sexual abuse is 'mostly gay men who are abusing kids.' The hosts fact-checked this, citing data that most men who molest boys are heterosexual or bisexual, often married with children. They explained that predators target vulnerable children, not that abuse turns children gay, and that conflating the two perpetuates harmful stereotypes.

Kate cites zeroabustro.org: 'Most men who molest little boys are not gay. Only 21%... were exclusively homosexual. Nearly 80%... were heterosexual or bisexual.'

Def Noodles asserted that Black people are no longer marginalized. The hosts provided extensive counter-evidence, detailing disparities in poverty rates (one in three Black children live in poverty vs. one in ten white children), discrimination in housing and loans, racial segregation, disproportionate incarceration rates (one in three Black boys vs. one in seventeen white boys), and higher Black maternal mortality rates.

Kate states, 'one in three black children live in poverty compared to fewer than one in 10 white children.' and 'One in three black boys born today can expect to be incarcerated during their lifetime compared to one in 17 white boys.'

Def Noodles used the term 'go slop' and appeared unaware of its antisemitic origins and implications. The hosts explained that the term is rooted in the conspiracy theory that a 'global cabal of powerful Jewish people are creating content... that is bad for us... to distract us, to kill us, to poison us.' His ignorance on this point was seen as dangerous for a political candidate.

Harley states, 'He wasn't actually grasping how this word gollop was is uh being used in a negative way against Jews.' Kate elaborates on the meaning: 'It's the idea that this global cabal of of powerful Jewish people are creating content... that is bad for us.'

Def Noodles claimed ICE is 'just following the laws' and that being undocumented is a crime. The hosts clarified that being undocumented is a civil infraction, not a crime. They also listed numerous constitutional violations by ICE, including unreasonable search and seizure, excessive force, racial profiling, and false imprisonment, highlighting that ICE's budget increase is primarily for detention, not deportation, benefiting private prison companies.

Kate quotes congress.gov: 'Being undocumented in the United States is not a crime. It's a civil infraction.' She also notes, 'twothirds of the ISIS of ISIS's new budget, their budget increase is for detention, not deportation.'