who looks like if.../who looks as if...

[navi tasan]

1) Republican representative Derrick Van Orden who looks like if Santa stormed the Capitol argued in front of legislation to bring back whole milk to school cafeteria...

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from 1:46 to 2:00

Is '1' correct?

I suppose it means: "... who looks like Santa would if he stormed the Capito...l", but is the sentence grammatically correct? I find 'who looks like if...' strange. I don't think '... who looks as if ...' would be correct either.

 

[emsr2d2]

You're right that "who likes like if" is grammatically incorrect. There isn't really a neat way of saying it. I suppose it could be worded as "... who looks like Santa storming the Capitol".
It's not the only issue either. At the end, "to bring back whole milk to school cafeteria" is wrong. It should either end "cafeterias" or "the school cafeteria".

 

[kttlt]

It should either end "cafeterias"

This is what he actually says in the video, as far as I can hear. Were you only talking about the text from the OP?

 

[emsr2d2]

This is what he actually says in the video, as far as I can hear. Were you only talking about the text from the OP?

Yes. I didn't watch the video as I assumed it had been transcribed correctly (or that the transcription was taken directly from subtitles on the video).

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you all very much,

My apologies. I misheard what he said. He does indeed say 'cafeterias'.