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Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Wayne Steinhauer- 2023 Update [1]

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Date: 2023-03-08  

On this date in 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , as well as 2021 , “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” profiled South Dakota State Senator Wayne Steinhauer , the physical embodiment of Mr. Kotter upon reaching retirement, and a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 9 who was first appointed to that position by Governor Dennis Daugaard in 2015, before winning re-election for the first time in 2016. In 2018, he managed to jump to the South Dakota State Senate with 56% of the vote. Steinhauer replaced Steve Hickey , the FRED alumni who made himself infamous as an anti-LGBTQ bigot who had to resign in disgrace after being accused of forging signatures to get his name on the ballot in the first place. For as homophobic as Hickey was, Steinhauer is apparently just as much of a misogynist. This became apparent in early 2017, when during discussions in the South Dakota state legislature about workplace protections for pregnant women that Steinhauer was one of eight Republican men who voted to block it and opined:

Why, if we didn’t know any better, we might think that Steinhauer and his GOP pals are disingenuous and utterly full of crap when they tout their opposition to abortion as proof that they are concerned about the unborn. And wouldn’t you know it, South Dakota Right to Life gives him a 100% rating, partially because he also co-sponsored a ban on abortion at 19 weeks. Gotta love the hypocrisy there.



Steinhauer also has consistently shown himself to be contemptuous of workers’ rights, regardless of if that worker is pregnant or not, like when he co-sponsored legislation to prevent collective bargaining at public universities in South Dakota. His ”smaller government” principles also have shown him wanting to make the state hands-off enough to co-sponsor transphobic bathroom legislation for the state’s schools. This in spite of there being zero reports nationwide of men impersonating women or transgender citizens attacking women in restrooms.



Wayne Steinhauer was re-elected in 2020 with 58% of the vote and made it a point to focus on the Covid-19 pand- HAHAHA just kidding, this schmuck sponsored legislation to redefine abortion as the intentional termination of any fetus or zygote from FERTILIZATION. Yup, that’s right, straight up Personhood insanity that would outlaw birth control, because overturning Roe v. Wade isn’t even the beginning of to how far he would go. What did he manage in 2022? Just transphobic legislation aimed at high school athletes, because that kind of bigotry is the closest thing they have to actual policy these days.



We are pleased to report Wayne Steinhauer did not file for re-election in 2022, and is now out of office, thus we can give him our finest “GOOD RIDDANCE” salutes at this time.

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