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Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Tom Tiffany- 2023 Update [1]

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Date: 2023-06-20

On this date in both 2021, as well as 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” first profiled the sitting U.S. House Representative from Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District, Tom Tiffany, who after losing in races for Wisconsin State Senate in 2004 and 2008 and served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2010-2012. He then greased himself up with his prior jobs in the petroleum industry to grab a spot in Congress in a special election in May of 2020 to replace the utter dumbass who we kept track of for years, former Congressman Sean Duffy.



We’re not sure of who’s worse, but in a short amount of time, Tiffany has made it more of a debate then we thought there possibly could be.



We’re not even kidding that it didn’t take long, as only two days after Tiffany had won his special election, he made headlines for using the racist term “Wuhan Virus” to refer to Covid-19 in a letter where he called for the Wisconsin Secretary of Health to resign, furious that she recommended business closures to prevent the spread of the pandemic, attacking her and Governor Tony Evers:

Facing a November rematch with the Democrat he defeated in the special election, Andrea Junker, Tiffany released a “Back the Blue” ad in October of 2020 that accused Junker of wanting to “defund the police”. Which, of course, isn’t something that Junker actually wanted to do. Meanwhile, Junker pointed out something we’ll note below, that Tom Tiffany was one of only 17 Republicans who voted against a resolution to condemn the Qanon conspiracy theory after one Congressman started getting death threats, and Tiffany claimed he voted against it because it was “political posturing” by Nancy Pelosi.



Which, holding a posture that isn’t sympathetic to conspiracy theorists motivated to threaten to kill a member of Congress might be y’know, just having a backbone at all. Like supporting democracy and not being an active participant in “The Big Lie” post-election and the build-up to January 6th. And if he had any principles, he wouldn’t show up to a maskless rally only DAYS after an attempted coup in our nation’s capitol to speak at a forum hosted by a right-wing radio host who openly called for “war” over the results of the election.



Y’know, not that such rhetoric isn’t exactly the sort of incitement that caused 1/6 in the first place.



But what Tom Tiffany will take a stand on? Anti-vaccination paranoia, like in March of 2021, when he made it a point to tell everyone that he was advising his daughters not to get the Covid-19 vaccine, while also lying and claiming that no one their age had died of the virus (There were fatalities in their age group.) He did this unmasked, at a town hall, filled with people who were also unmasked



Way to have a potential super-spreader event a year into the pandemic when we should know better and set a good example for the public, s***bird.



Rather than focus on the pandemic, Tom Tiffany worried about the voters in his district… by traveling the opposite border, over a thousand miles away, to throw tantrums about the less fascist approach the Biden administration was taking on undocumented migrants, and act like all fifty states were under attack by Mexico. Yes, within the same fortnight.



Just… seriously, look at this lunatic’s voting record, and try and not be shocked at how unbelievably partisan he is:

We’re not sure how long an uncaring, science-denying, insurrection-supporting twit like Tom Tiffany holds Congressional office, but we are not only rooting for his attempts at re-election to fail, but we’re rooting for him to end up paying the price in court for his part in supporting Donald Trump’s coup attempt, as

lawsuits have been filed against Wisconsin’s Congressional delegation for their role in “The Big Lie”. But hey, he hates Critical Race Theory, so that outweighs the sedition, right? (It doesn’t).

This miscreant would like to join fellow insurrection fan Ron Johnson to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate, and the thought of one state bringing in two jackasses that damaging to the Republic makes us shudder.

One Year Ago, June 20th, 2022: Tom Tiffany (WI)… 2022 Update

Two Years Ago, June 20th, 2021: Tom Tiffany (WI)… Original Profile

Three Years Ago, June 20th, 2020: Corey Lewandowski (NH)

Four Years Ago, June 20th, 2019: John Fitzgerald (CA)

Five Years Ago, June 20th, 2018: Sheila Butt (TN)… 2018 Update

Six Years Ago, June 20th, 2017: Sheila Butt (TN)… 2017 Update

Seven Years Ago, June 20th, 2016: Sheila Butt (TN)… 2016 Update

Eight Years Ago, June 20th, 2015: Sheila Butt (TN)… Original Profile

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