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Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Jeff Fortenberry [1]

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Date: 2022-09-23

Former Nebraska GOP Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, who finally resigned after getting caught accepting foreign campaign donations, then lying to the FBI about it.

Welcome to what is the 1139th original profile here at “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day”, where profiling Jeff Fortenberry, the former U.S. House Representative from Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District, who served in office from 2005-2022. If you’re noticing he didn’t make it all the way through this term, and wondering what could have happened, we’ll give you a hint… the law was broken.



So before we skip to the ending of his career, though, we’ll cover a few things that popped up along the way.



Back in fall of 2018, while much of the nation was horrified by several acts of anti-Semitism happening as white nationalists panicked over the thought of Democrats taking back control of Congress in the Blue Wave election, Jeff Fortenberry was focusing on the real political terrorism… that someone put a set of giant googly eyes over a campaign poster and added a white bar to the “o” in his name so it said “Fartenberry” instead of “Fortenberry”. And it was such a problem, he had his Congressional staffers make angry phone calls to a couple state employees who dared to hit “Like” on the image of that vandalism being shared on Facebook. In particularly, a college professor at the University of Nebraska was forced to explain over the phone that decision to hit a button to show his appreciation for a juvenile joke that Fortenberry and company deemed was “political violence”.



Whatever, Fartenberry.



Then again, we’re talking about the same putz who in April of 2021, only WEEKS after the battle on January 6th, made two emergency phone calls for help from Capitol Police inside Congress. After pushing the emergency button in his office, Fortenberry waited, claiming he was “testing” to see how long the Capitol Police would take to respond. When they were told en route that it was a test, they turned back, only to have the Congressman hit the button a second time, like a jackass who keeps hitting the button outside an elevator until the doors open.



He had no f***s left to give in Congress at that point, but when you review his voting record… did he ever?

So what was it that did in the career of Jeff Fortenberry? Even with how impossibly lenient and relaxed the rules are on campaign donations, even FOREIGN campaign donations, he got caught accepting illegal foreign campaign donations to the tune of $30,000. There still is the opportunity when politiicans get caught with their hands in this proverbial cookie jar to just cooperate with investigators and return the money from whence it came without much but a slap on the wrist… but what you shouldn’t do? LIE TO INVESTIGATORS.



Jeff Fortenberry still wanted to hang around, but five months after his indictment, he was convicted and finally pressured into resigning. We’ll give him one of our traditional “GOOD RIDDANCE” send-offs at this time.

One Year Ago, September 23rd, 2021: Kim Klacik(MD)

Two Years Ago, September 23rd, 2020: Lauren Witzke (DE)

Three Years Ago, September 23rd, 2019: Leah Vukmir (MN)… 2019 Update

Four Years Ago, September 23rd, 2018: Leah Vukmir (MN)… Original Profile

Five Years Ago, September 23rd, 2017: Brian McDowell (NJ)

Six Years Ago, September 23rd, 2016: Mark Kirk (IL)… 2016 Update

Seven Years Ago, September 23rd, 2015: Mark Kirk (IL)… Original Profile

Eight Years Ago, September 23rd, 2014: Steve Lonegan (NJ)

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