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Fanatical Republican Extremist: Mike Azinger [1]

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Date: 2022-12-04

West Virginia State Senator Mike Azinger, sedition-weasel.

Welcome to what is the 1159th original profile here at “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day”, where we’re profiling West Virginia State Senator Mike Azinger, who ignored his mother when she told him his face would stick like that if he didn’t know it off, who has held office for District 3 of the West Virginia State Senate since 2016 after a two year stint in the West Virginia House of Delegates.



Mike Azinger popped up on our radar in January of 2021 like a lot of Republicans did… for being present during the attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters after backing Trump’s “Big Lie” for weeks, and then in the wake of the failed coup, trying to blame all the violence on “Antifa”. He decried any member of the Republican Party who tried distancing themselves from Trump’s coup attempt, but did his damnedest to blame the deaths of police officers on phantom “leftists”.

Not only is he a big fan of sedition, he is also a dedicated bully towards the LGBTQ community, not just trying to ban drag queen story hours or medical transition for children while screaming about “indoctrination”, not just saying that a transgender teacher has “a spiritual or mental problem”, but when in August of 2022, after hearing the tale of how a transgender man West Virginia survived being a victim of rape as a child, he sneered, and sent off an e-mail to misgender them and call them “Pathetic”.



Yeah, that’s a dedicated bigot, for sure.



Then it should come as little surprise he co-sponsored a bill to stop “Critical Race Theory” from being taught in schools (even though it wasn’t being taught), co-sponsored a bill to try and prohibit a constitutional right to an abortion (which isn’t how the Constitution works, even hypothetically), and voted to repeal the requirement for a concealed carry license for firearms.



We are loathe to report Mike Azinger won re-election in 2022 after narrowly surviving the GOP Primary, then going on to coast to re-election against a Democrat with 68% of the vote. Whether or not he ends up getting a visit from the Dept. of Justice at some point… well, we’re keeping our fingers crossed.



One Year Ago, December 4th, 2021: Phil Arlinghaus (TN)

Two Years Ago, December 4th, 2020: Saundra McDowell (MO)

Three Years Ago, December 4th, 2019: Michael Clark (SD)

Four Years Ago, December 4th, 2018: Ed Henry (AL)… 2018 Update

Five Years Ago, December 4th, 2017: Ed Henry (AL)… Original Profile

Six Years Ago, December 4th, 2016: Greg Brannon (NC)… 2016 Update

Seven Years Ago, December 4th, 2015: Greg Brannon (NC)… 2015 Update

Eight Years Ago, December 4th, 2014: Greg Brannon (NC)… Original Profile

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