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Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Shannon Grove- 2023 Update [1]

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Date: 2023-11-16

It was on this date in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and in 2022, that “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” profiled Shannon Grove, who was first elected to the California State Assembly in… you guessed it, the 2010 Tea Party Wave. And, for three terms, Shannon Grove tried her damnedest to be an obstructionist force in the California State Assembly, impotently voting against some of the most common sense bills brought forth in her state while sucking up to nationally more-respected members of the GOP like Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, and Kevin McCarthy.



Grove is also in pretty tight with the NRA, who in one of their manifestos criticizing California Democrats for actually passing effective gun control measures, they hit her up for a quote, and she gave the really pathetic response of:



(Note to self: Don’t ask Shannon Grove to call for help if in medical distress.)



Now, there are a lot of issues that when you look at them, are going to make you ask yourself “What the hell is wrong with Shannon Grove?” Perhaps the most glaring one was her vote against California’s law to curtail campus rape and sexual assault by better defining consent. One of the many measures it took was allowing state universities to expel students regardless of if they were found guilty in a court of law (say if a victim was intimidated into not pressing charges, the school would be able to keep the rest of the school safe. She defended her vote, saying:



But we’re just getting warmed up. You see, back in 2015, while California was experiencing one of its worst droughts in decades, Grove stuck her foot in her mouth again, by commenting:

“Texas was in a long period of drought until Governor Perry signed the fetal pain bill. It rained that night. Now God has His hold on California.” “Texas was in a long period of drought until Governor Perry signed the fetal pain bill. It rained that night. Now God has His hold on California.”



So hey, forget doing any superstitious rain dances, guys… the real solution is to make God happy with abortion bans, and he’ll up the precipitation levels. It’s a scientific fact, right? Unlike say, climate change or global warming, which Grove denies the existence of even though there’s like 98% of scientists who agree, “Yeah, that’s a thing all right.” I don’t know how many scientists link abortion and annual rainfall, but they’re definitely in Grove’s sphere of influence.



Here’s the kicker, though… for someone who’s totally pro-life and wants all the babies born that are conceived whether or not a woman gets raped, or if she’s at risk of dying by trying to carry that baby to term… you would think that Shannon Grove would love any government program that helps babies once they’re out of the womb, right? WRONG. Shannon Grove was left grousing after the California state legislature passed a bill so that people on government assistance with newborn children had some way to afford diapers, which she didn’t want them getting help paying for.

In 2020, Shannon Grove was filmed ignoring mask mandates and public gathering mandates by going to a campaign fundraiser held in a church that exceeded the limit for attendance by three times the legal amount. Wouldn’t you know it, there was also no social distancing and virtually no one wearing masks. This was also days after she was in close proximity to a fellow state legislator who had just tested positive for Covid-19, so at this point, to the constituents of her district, we ask… why are you voting for someone who’s willing to kill you to get your money for her campaign? That seems, y’know, pretty much as “against your interests” as anything you can see from a GOP that clearly does not have your best interests at heart.



While she did win re-election in 2020, at the start of that term in the California State Senate, she was ousted from her leadership role by her colleagues after her brilliant public maneuvering managed to lose the California GOP 2 of the remaining 11 Senate seats they held.



Her idiocy-du-jour on her Twitter page seems to have a commitment to drilling for oil in California, rather than go with the push by Democrats in the state to move towards electric vehicles to gas isn’t as big as a priority. Somehow, that has kept her in office in her district, winning with 68% of the vote.



The California GOP considers her a liability these days… at yet, she remains.

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