“Why would you even get into bestiality?” he asked. “We’re not into bestiality,” said Patel.
In a further exchange, Patel explained to Senator John Kennedy, the Louisiana Republican, that previously, regulations had barred anyone who engaged in bestiality “on either side of it.”
“Either side of what, the bestiality?” asked Kennedy. “So you disqualified the animal?”
“We have great canines, but we’re not going to disqualify them,” said Patel.
It’s an obvious lie. Even if they somehow find a candidate that fits that scenario, they wouldn’t have been barred by existing policy. Plus, the way to carve out an exception there is to exempt victims of abuse from a policy, not allow any animal abuser in.