(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Justin Humphrey- 2023 Update [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-03-23 Oklahoma state legislator Justin Humphrey, proving you can't spell Bigfoot without bigot. On this date in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” published its first profile of Justin Humphrey, a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from District 19 who just reached office for the first time in 2016 with 52% of the vote, and almost immediately popped up on our radar as an anti-abortion fanatic. This is not only because he is one of 19 sponsors of a bill, HR 1004, proposed in the Oklahoma state legislature that would direct every public official in Oklahoma to exercise their authority to stop murder of unborn children by abortion, because wow does that fly in the face of the Roe v. Wade ruling and contain inflammatory language… but it’s not even the most extreme statement Justin Humphrey has made on the issue. It's still no small feat to stand out among anti-abortion loons in Oklahoma. Honestly, there were 18 other co-sponsors of the bill we just mentioned. What makes Justin Humphrey special enough to warrant our attention? Well, it might be that he volunteered his opinion that “men should have a say” because pregnant women are “hosts” once they’ve been “irresponsible” enough to have sex and get pregnant: “Tourism is one of the biggest attractions we have in my House district. Establishing an actual hunting season and issuing licenses for people who want to hunt Bigfoot will just draw more people to our already beautiful part of the state. It will be a great way for people to enjoy our area and to have some fun.” He noted how the town of Honobia in southeast Oklahoma already has a Bigfoot festival each October so the hunting season would ideally line up with that event. “Having a license and a tag would give people a way to prove they participated in the hunt. Again, the overall goal is to get people to our area to enjoy the natural beauty and to have a great time, and if they find Bigfoot while they’re at it, well hey, that’s just an even bigger prize.” The lawmaker specifically noted that he doesn’t want people to actually kill Bigfoot — instead he hopes to include language for his bill to secure at least $25,000 for the first person to capture the beast. “A lot of people don’t believe in Bigfoot, but a lot of people do. Just like some people like to go deer hunting, while some don’t.” …Again, this Sasquatch obsession… this is the third time we’ve profiled a Republican who’s looking for the missing link in the wilds of their district, from Congressman Tim Burchett in Tennessee, and former one-term Congressman Denver Riggleman. Just… this is the sort of thing they’re doing during a pandemic, where people are struggling to earn money that’s barely a living wage. What the f*** happened to the Republican Party? We know they were always corrupt and racist, but when did they go into a full breakdown where they sound like they’re cribbing notes from X-Files episodes?Anyway, given Justin Humphrey’s already-established dumb-assery, it will probably not come as a surprise that he started attacking the LGBTQ community in April of 2021, specifically saying that transgender people “have mental illness”. The local media followed up on his disgusting comments, and of course he didn’t apologize, he instead clarified what a bigoted ***hole he is, saying: [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/23/2159772/-Fanatical-Republican-Extremist-of-the-Day-Justin-Humphrey-2023-Update Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/