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Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Steve Womack- 2023 Update [1]

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Date: 2023-09-03

On this date in both 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” first profiled the U.S. House Representative from Arkansas’ 3rd Congressional District, Steve Womack, who was first elected back in… what else… the 2010 Tea Party Wave.



And while we didn’t hear too much from Steve Womack during his first three terms in office save for the time when as a freshman rep that he literally tried defunding President Obama’s teleprompter, since Donald Trump went and had the Russians help him steal the 2016 election, Womack has decided his foot tastes delicious and has repeatedly shoved it in his mouth since 2017.

Let’s start with his first town hall after Trump got elected, when Womack declared that people on welfare “just stay on the couch and eat potato chips”:

Ah yes. The classic myth that people on welfare are all just deadbeat drug addicts. Thanks for saying it out loud, Steve, so we know you’re full of s***.

So speaking of people who are full of s***, how far do you think Steve Womack is willing to go on behalf of Donald Trump? Other than trying to protect him from being impeached, we mean… well, in January of 2018, after Trump’s comments about Haiti and several other African nations became public knowledge, Womack made his own bigotry a matter of public record, when he weighed in on the matter and said:

Oh… appeal to people from EUROPEAN countries, not Haiti or the African ones, because they’re “depraved”. If the hood fits, wear it, Steve-O.



Our third moment from Steve Womack that caused us concern came in August of 2019, when he told a town hall that the real cause of mass shootings is “too many single parents” and “Godless schools”. Not only is that not accurate, it seems as though Womack is also now showing us that he doesn’t really understand, or care that there’s a whole separation of church and state guaranteed in the Constitution.



If we weren’t already establishing that this man is an extremist, feel free to peek at his voting record:

We’ll note in closing that Steve Womack is one of only 33 Republicans who voted for a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6th attack on the Capitol. And for DARING to find out all the details of how Trump supporters may have specifically organized one of the most flagrant and brazen domestic terror attacks in our nation’s history in plain sight… So he got a primary challenge from the right in 2022. Because having even a modicum of dedication to accountability makes you persona non grata in the GOP these days.



Now, after surviving the extremist unleashed upon him, headed into the general election, Steve Womack’s path to re-election was darkened by his son’s continued criminal activities. After numerous run-ins with the law throughout his father’s Congressional career, James Womack has repeatedly been sentenced to long prison terms, but for reasons that certainly wouldn’t be “my daddy is a Congressman”, he’s been granted early releases, including his release from jail in 2020 because Covid-19 was a risk. Well, he got arrested for possession of methamphetamines and drug paraphrenelia again, so the elder Womack has to be hoping his Democratic challenger doesn’t bring family into things during the debates. Still, even if they don’t, it’s already been in the police blotter, and a stark reminder of how “good Republican family values” so often turn out when put in practice.



At this point, Steve Womack is so frustrated at what a dysfunctional mess that his party has grown to be, that he’s openly discussing retiring rather than running for re-election in 2024. We’re ready with a barrel full of dirt to shovel on his political grave.

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