(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Ralph Norman- 2023 Update [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-26 On this date in both 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day”, first profiled the current U.S. House Representative from South Carolina’s 5th District, Ralph Norman, a long-time South Carolina state legislator who was first elected to Congress back in 2017, winning office by finishing second in the GOP Primary for the seat in a special election, and then winning the runoff for that seat by all of 221 votes. That set him up to defeat the Democratic candidate, Archie Parnell, in the general election and advance to replace former Congressman Mick Mulvaney (who went on to be the Trump administration’s crooked budget director). The point where Ralph Norman stood out the most since taking office, however, was when he was questioned by representatives of Moms Demand Action on Gun Violence at a campaign event while running for re-election in April of 2018 and Norman pulled out a loaded .38. If that doesn’t sound a tad extreme enough, he was quoted as he placed the gun on the table as boasting,“I’m not going to be a Gabby Giffords,” which is a pretty disrespectful take on how Giffords was shot, frankly. That somehow isn’t the most offensive thing he’s said about a Democratic woman during that campaign. In September of 2018, while shocking revelations were being revealed about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh being credibly accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford and then, Deborah Ramirez, Ralph Norman thought it would be a great idea to open up with a “joke” about women accusing men of making up accusations against Republicans, saying that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg came out saying she was groped by Abraham Lincoln”. Classy, no? It’s the sort of highbrow commentary you would expect from the sort of mother***er who would start petitioning for the openly racist Congressman, Steve King, to be reinstated to all of his committee assignments. Yes, Ralph Norman felt Rep. King deserved his 189th chance at not being racist from party leadership. Throughout 2020, Ralph Norman made it a point to get out there and hang out with a bunch of quack doctors (yes, including the demon sperm lady) to claiming they had a cure for Covid-19 (they don’t). Social media platforms, incidentally, yanked Norman’s re-election campaign video for having misleading information, but afterwards he just continued lying his ass off about Dr. Anthony Fauci, for daring to speak the truth to save lives, and filed an unsuccessful lawsuit against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for fining him for violating House Rules and refusing to wear a mask in the House Chamber. So there’s no surprise that his voting record looks like this: We’re now seeing Ralph Norman in his fourth term in office, and frankly, we don’t know how me manages to operate the doorknob to get out of the house everyday. One Year Ago, October 26th, 2022: Ralph Norman (SC)… 2022 Update Two Years Ago, October 26th, 2021: Ralph Norman (SC)… 2021 Update Three Years Ago, October 26th, 2020: Ralph Norman (SC)… Original Profile Four Years Ago, October 26th, 2019: Mark Sanford (SC)… 2019 Update Five Years Ago, October 26th, 2018: Mark Sanford (SC)… 2018 Update Six Years Ago, October 26th, 2017: Mark Sanford (SC)… 2017 Update Seven Years Ago, October 26th, 2016: Mark Sanford (SC)… 2016 Update Eight Years Ago, October 26th, 2015: Mark Sanford (SC)… 2015 Update Nine Years Ago, October 26th, 2014: Mark Sanford (SC)… Original Profile [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/26/2201929/-Fanatical-Republican-Extremist-of-the-Day-Ralph-Norman-2023-Update?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web 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/