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Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Tim Walberg- 2022 Update [1]

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Date: 2022-08-24

We haven't forgotten that Michigan GOP Congressman Tim Walberg was a Birther conspiracy theorist, he considers same sex marriage a violation of HIS First Amendment rights, or he once invoked Stalin's name during a debate on birth control.

On this date in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, as well as 2021, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” published profiles of the man who has served as U.S. House Representative from Michigan’s 7th District for six non-consecutive terms, Tim Walberg, a pastor and “family values” Republican once learned he had a staffer on his payroll who was arrested and plead guilty on child abuse charges, and yet it took six weeks from the point Walberg learned about it to give the guy a pink slip. This wacky pastor’s own political resume also includes calling for the impeachment of President Obama over his birth certificate, making comparisons between Democrats and Joseph Stalin over birth control coverage in the Affordable Care Act, has declared gay marriage as something that puts all of society at risk, has spoken on behalf of the Almighty itself on abortion, and claimed that Americans are in a moral crisis where they are slaves to football and pornography. Walberg’s voting record is, hands down, one of the most socially conservative in Congress (go figure, seeing that from a pastor). Honestly, that should be abundantly clear, because after the Supreme Court ruled on same sex marriage, Tim Walberg released a statement making his opinion clear… he believes gay people being able to get married is a violation of HIS First Amendment rights.



Yes, Walberg is enough of a hypocrite to pretend he cares about promoting a Christian agenda, but note that he voted for a tax plan that puts the burden upon the poorest Americans, an ACA repeal vote that would leave the sick to die, and he even voted against existing measures that are there to protect the disabled. As such, all has not been right between Rep. Walberg and his constituents. It started back on Valentine’s Day 2017, when they staged a protest at his office by dropping off 20,000 candy hearts to encourage him to have a “change of heart” on completely repealing the Affordable Care Act, and ask that he just work to fix its flaws. It would take several months before he finally would host a town hall, and on May 12th, 2017, he finally did so, being drowned out by boos on his meek statements about the actions of Donald Trump, and his vote for the failed bill known as “Trumpcare”. But when climate change came up, well, that’s when it got just plain sad:



“I believe there’s climate change. I believe there’s been climate change since the beginning of time. I think there are cycles. Do I think man has some impact? Yeah, of course. Can man change the entire universe? No. Why do I believe that? Well, as a Christian, I believe that there is a creator in God who is much bigger than us. And I’m confident that, if there’s a real problem, he can take care of it.” So he doesn’t believe climate change is real, but if it is, no sweat, there will just be divine intervention to fix it, so we won’t do anything to prevent it…



At his second town hall of 2017, Walberg actually managed to be more infuriating to his constituents, telling a constituent who commented on how inappropriate it is to see a POTUS conduct themselves the way Donald Trump does on Twitter to “GET A LIFE.” Dumbfounded, another constituent incredulously asked if Rep. Walberg just really said that, and he doubled down, saying, “I did. I did.” He then proceeded to claim there was nothing in his power he could do to change the president’s insane Twitter ramblings… but that’s really not true, there are things he could at least ATTEMPT to do, if he cared.



Tim Walberg won re-election in 2020 with 58% of the vote, and has continued his hyper-partisan streak and blind allegiance to Donald Trump.

We have no idea how Tim Walberg got a fifth term in office after telling a constituent to “GET A LIFE” prior to 2018, but after redistricting, in 2022 he’ll be running for Michigan’s 5th Congressional District, having coasted to victory in the GOP primary a few weeks ago. Sadly, it is far more conservative than his old seat was, at a +15 lean in the Cook Partisan Voting Index, which will make it a tall order for Democrat Bart Goldberg to pull out a victory in November. (Hint to Goldberg: If you get him to show up to debate, bring up abortion, and see if the old extremist coot goes full Todd Akin. Walberg has put his foot in his mouth before, and on this issue, we’re pretty sure he’s ready to shove it in there up to the knee after Roe v. Wade got overturned.)



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