On this date in both 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” profiled Mary Dye, a member of the Washington House of Representatives who was first appointed to her position back in 2015, quickly dropped into place after her predecessor, Susan Fagan, resigned amid ethical violations.
Dye popped up on our radar back in January of 2016, when a few websites noted the story of how a group of high school students from Eastern Washington traveled to the state legislature in Olympia to meet with politicians there to lobby a bill they supported. The bill in question they chose was to expand insurance to include birth control. And the girls who made the trip got to meet Mary Dye, who responded about as poorly as you could. Because Dye, for whatever reason, started interrogating the teenage girls if they were still virgins or not, and began accusing one of having lost her virginity before their teacher stepped in and told the students they didn’t have to answer the Puritanically insane Dye. She would eventually give a half-assed apology where she claimed she was trying to be “motherly”, which would seem to only be the case if she was trying to be the mother from Stephen King’s “Carrie”.
Then again, Dye also has been fearmongering against the Muslim community in her district, claiming that Muslims were “staking out” the Snake River Dams with high-powered rifle, and insinuating they might be associated with an Islamic Center in Pullman. Because that’s not just an evil thing to accuse someone of without evidence, and couldn’t result in attacks against the Muslim community.
Her voting record includes her vote against Washington Democrats’ move to approve automatic voter registration, because at this point, it’s obvious that the GOP want to restrict the vote so their party has a chance to win elections and her opposition to the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act, which would have required businesses to take special considerations for pregnant employees like considering things like that they might need more bathroom breaks. In 2020, she voted against gun regulations on daycare and child care facilities, because she apparently feels that not enough toddlers are dying from gun accidents in the home, so they should have a chance to stumble upon one at daycare, as well.
She remains in the minority to simply be a “NO” vote to any common sense legislation presented in her state, including bills to curtail police abuse including her vote against a bill to require police to let a juvenile detainee have a lawyer present when they interrogate them, and a bill banning police chokeholds and no knock warrants.Regrettably, nobody filed to run against Mary Dye in the 2022 elections, so she got a free pass to go back to Olympia for two more years, where she will continue racking up a voting record we’ll best summarize as “obstructionist”.
One Year Ago, November 9th, 2022: Mary Dye (WA)… 2022 Update
Two Years Ago, November 9th, 2021: Mary Dye (WA)… 2021 Update
Three Years Ago, November 9th, 2020: Mary Dye (WA)… 2020 Update
Four Years Ago, November 9th, 2019: Mary Dye (WA)… 2019 Update
Five Years Ago, November 9th, 2018: Mary Dye (WA)… 2018 Update
Six Years Ago, November 9th, 2017: Mary Dye (WA)… Original Profile
Seven Years Ago, November 9th, 2016: Stephen Fincher (TN)
Eight Years Ago, November 9th, 2015: Jack Kimball (NH)
Nine Years Ago, November 9th, 2014:Pete Hoekstra (MI)