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Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: John Boozman- 2022 Update [1]
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Date: 2022-10-06
In 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, as well as 2021, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” featured profiles of U.S. Senator John Boozman of Arkansas, who has floated around Washington since 2002. Boozman has appeared at events hosted by Brigette Gabriel and ACT, an anti-Muslim hate group in Washington, D.C. is an extreme social conservative, having voted for a proposed Constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage, voting against all legislation towards LGBTQ rights including ENDA, the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, and once tried to bring a bill to the floor with Ted Cruz that would force the federal government to defer to the states on same-sex marriage. He has bought into several GOP conspiracy theories, from ACORN, to the IRS Scandal, to going as far as saying Planned Parenthood has had “a role in harvesting organs from unborn babies.”
Boozman repeatedly has voted against equal pay for women, against the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, and to restrict reproductive rights whenever possible. He voted against the renewal of CHIP, against Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, against raising the debt ceiling, and against the Zadroga Bill.
He’s a ridiculously radical opponent of gun control, arguing that assault weapon bans are unnecessary because they are too “big and bulky” to be used in criminal acts, participated in a Republican filibuster of the Toomey-Manchin Firearms Background Check Act, and spoke out against banning armor-piercing ammunition, feeling that no ammunition can be banned without violating the Constitution. He’s on more than one occasion, voted to protect the right to bear arms of people who end up on the “no-fly list”, feeling that while we don’t trust them to even get on an airplane, suspected terrorists should be allowed to stockpile guns and ammo.
Boozman won re-election in 2016 with 60% of the vote, and in his last term, he voted to approve every nominee for Donald Trump’s “Cabinet of Horrors”. That is EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. Oh, and he voted to put Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney-Barrett on the Supreme Court. His voting record also shows that he voted for both of the Senate’s attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act that would have left about 23-24 million people without health insurance, and Boozman even suggested that he was willing to repeal without a replacement. Never mind that it would mean tens of thousands more Americans would die ANNUALLY.
That’s probably the reason while he’s gone the coward’s route, refused to attend town halls with his constituents in person, only doing telephone town halls since winning re-election. But what has us a but annoyed at the moment, was that Sen. Boozman was one of the few Republicans to make a statement after the whistle-blower scandal hit and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced House Democrats were launching an impeachment inquiry based on Donald Trump’s decision to ask the Ukrainian president to interfere on his behalf in the 2020 elections. Boozman’s take is… this is just “blatantly partisan tactics”.
Psst… hey ***hole? The point of the inquiry is to gather facts. And the more the facts come out, the more it looks like you’re propping up a lawless fascist douche-canoe.
Which, it never was in question that the facts don’t matter to John Boozman. He voted to disallow witnesses at the impeachment trial, thus making it a “trial”, and then he voted to acquit him. Boozman is currently chomping at the bit to prove he’s a hypocrite and try to squeeze an election year Supreme Court Justice vote for Amy Coney Barrett in only four years after shafting Merrick Garland.
John Boozman is up for re-election in a few weeks’ time, and in spite of having only a 30% approval rating, polls out of Arkansas show voters there support him over his Democratic opponent, Natalie James, by double digits. Which, given nobody seems to trust the polls going into Election Day’s accuracy, should not dissuade anyone from supporting her in her attempts at flipping this seat blue. Dare to hope Arkansas voters figure out she’s a far better alternative.
One Year Ago, October 6th, 2021: John Boozman (AR)… 2021 Update
Two Years Ago, October 6th, 2020: John Boozman (AR)… 2020 Update
Three Years Ago, October 6th, 2019: John Boozman (AR)… 2019 Update
Four Years Ago, October 6th, 2018: John Boozman (AR)… 2018 Update
Five Years Ago, October 6th, 2017: John Boozman (AR)… 2017 Update
Six Years Ago, October 6th, 2016: John Boozman (AR)… 2016 Update
Seven Years Ago, October 6th, 2015: John Boozman (AR)… Original Profile
Eight Years Ago, October 6th, 2014: Lenar Whitney (LA)
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