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Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Mark Green- 2022 Update [1]
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Date: 2022-08-01
U.S. House Rep. Mark Green, of Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, feeling the cold void in his chest where a human heart should be.
On this date in both 2020, as well as 2021, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” first profiled the U.S. House Representative from Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, Mark Green, who was first elected in 2018 in a race he won by 34 points to replace Marsha Blackburn, who chose to run for Senate that year, and that should tell you exactly how conservative the district is. Prior to that, Green served six years in the Tennessee State Senate, and in 2017 was briefly nominated to be the Secretary of the Army but withdrew after several bigoted comments attributed to him against Muslims and transgender Americans were revealed by journalists. He referred to a transphobic bill as how he aims to “[I[crush evil[/I]”, claimed psychiatrists refer to transgender as a “disease” (maybe a half century ago), and stated he would try to prevent anything about Islam to be taught in schools because “Muslims think Jesus wasn’t born from a virgin” (which is false, they consider Jesus as one of their prophets).
What has quickly become clear to us is that Mark Green is a former physician and has abandoned the Hippocratic oath in favor of conservative ideology. When, about a month before he was sworn into Congress, he went on a rant about how vaccines cause autism, we were concerned.
But we’re currently watch this dips*** get into arguments with sane members of Congress about the increased protection provided by wearing a face covering or mask during the Covid-19 pandemic. He in fact, claims such a simple precaution is “irrational”, angrily citing in a hearing that he saw a jogger wearing a face mask on his way to the capitol in June of 2020:
This of course is f***ing stupid, because at some point during their run, that jogger would certainly pass by another human being.
It should come as little surprise, then, that he pretty consistently rejects science, believing in Personhood, rejecting that climate change is man-made, and that he denies the science behind evolution.
Yes. Mark Green is that bad. So you probably wouldn’t be surprised that his voting record looks like this:
Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, as we stated, is highly conservative, with a +20 Republican lean in the Cook Partisan Voting Index. Mark Green had one moment of clarity in his whole career so far, when he gave the correct assessment of the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6th, though, when he went on record to call them “Un-American” for their violent attempt at an insurrection. However, that only makes his stubborn refusal to investigate the attack or to hold anyone at all accountable maddening.
He’s far too busy, after all, incessantly whining on social media about Critical Race Theory, or spreading baseless conspiracy theories about the origins of Covid-19, or getting all lathered up over the thought of passing the “Life at Conception Act” to ban abortion and birth control in one fell swoop.
We wish his Democratic opponent, Odessa Kelly, the best of luck in her attempt to pull what would be a monumental upset.
One Year Ago, August 1st, 2021: Mark Green (TN)… 2021 Update
Two Years Ago, August 1st, 2020: Mark Green (TN)… Original Profile
Three Years Ago, August 1st, 2019: Diane Black (TN)… 2019 Update
Four Years Ago, August 1st, 2018: Diane Black (TN)… 2018 Update
Five Years Ago, August 1st, 2017: Diane Black (TN)… 2017 Update
Six Years Ago, August 1st, 2016: Diane Black (TN)… Original Profile
Seven Years Ago, August 1st, 2015: Kerry Bentivolio (MI)… 2015 Update
Eight Years Ago, August 1st, 2014: Kerry Bentivolio (MI)… Original Profile
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