(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .
Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Jason Saine- 2022 Update [1]
['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags']
Date: 2022-09-15
North Carolina state legislator Jason Saine, who referred to his fellow Republicans holding a vote without most of the legislature's Democrats present on the 18th anniversary of 9/11 as "not letting the terrorists win".
On this date in both 2020, as well as 2021, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” first profiled Jason Saine, who has represented District 97 in the North Carolina House of Representatives since… you guessed it, the 2010 Tea Party Wave. And while we’ve covered many a Republican in the North Carolina State legislature during the nine hundred plus entries on this blog, we took particular notice of Jason Saine about a year ago after the chicanery pulled by the NCGOP to get their idea of a state budget passed. Republicans around the capitol in Charlotte made a lot of noise about honoring the 18th anniversary of 9/11, scheduling the legislature to take the morning off. Democrats within the state legislature were also on board with respecting those fallen on that dark day by taking the morning off to have a moment of remembrance…
And then the mother***ing Republicans showed up at the capitol, declared they had enough people present for a quorum, and started passing a veto-proof budget bill against the protests of what few Democrats were at work. It was a brazen and perverse rebuke of American democracy done by abusing the empathy Democrats had towards the concept of showing respect for the deceased. But Jason Saine wasn’t content to just get the veto-proof budget Republicans wanted to the desk of Gov. Roy Cooper, he stood out among the absolute f***ery for dropping this quote:
One might think that someone so adverse to democratic normalcy would perhaps have some issues with corruption of other kinds… and it seems that might be the case, as a North Carolina watchdog group blew the whistle on the number of times that Saine, a prolific fundraiser, has voted in synch with the interests of his campaign donors right after they give him money. On 23 occasions, he has submitted legislation that appeared to directly written for the purpose of benefiting those who filled his coffers.
And his voting record? Think about some of the worst legislation to come out of the Tar Heel State since the Tea Party Wave ten years ago. Guess what? Jason Saine has supported almost all of those:
Jason Saine is seeking a seventh term in office in 2022, after spending his past term in office seemingly trying to increase the mortality rate for children in North Carolina, first voting for a bill to allow the concealed carry of firearms inside of schools, as well as voting for a bill to prohibit schools from establishing mask mandates for children.
Because you can always count on him to vote for the worst legislation the Republican Party thinks of.
One Year Ago, September 15th, 2021: Jason Saine (NC)… 2021 Update
Two Years Ago, September 15th, 2020: Jason Saine (NC)… Original Profile
Three Years Ago, September 15th, 2019: Melissa Howard (FL)
Four Years Ago, September 15th, 2018: Adam Putnam (FL)
Five Years Ago, September 15th, 2017: Todd Wilcox (FL)
Six Years Ago, September 15th, 2016: Carlos Beruff (FL)
Seven Years Ago, September 15th, 2015: Joe Miller (AK)… 2015 Update
Eight Years Ago, September 15th, 2014: Joe Miller (AK)… Original Profile
[END]
---
[1] Url:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/15/2123086/-Fanatical-Republican-Extremist-of-the-Day-Jason-Saine-2022-Update
Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.
via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/
