It was one year ago today that “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” first profiled the former U.S. House Representative from Illinois’ 14th Congressional District, Randy Hultgren who first arrived in Washington D.C. in, yes, the Tea Party Wave in 2010 after he spent twelve years floating around the Illinois state legislature with a meager 51% of the vote. After redistricting his district was redrawn to +5 Republican lean, virtually guaranteeing him re-election time in and out.
And that’s a shame, because the last thing the country needs is a man who consistently denies facts and science being given a leg up on being re-elected without effort. Hultgren wanted intelligent design taught in schools, a violating of the separation of church and state and also touted a bill he wrote that would allocate over half a billion dollars to grants to promote “abstinence only” education in schools. He also claimed the Obama administration was enacting “dangerous and experimental” sex education programs for “younger and younger children” (because that isn’t a lie made to sound more sinister), and that there were “incredible success records” for abstinence education. And… that’s completely false, as studies show precisely the opposite, and that abstinence only education is a failure. Rounding things out, Randy Hultgren is a climate change denier, as he expressed in this interview back in late 2009, where against all evidence, he tried claiming that the Earth was entering a “cooling period”: As a legislator, Hultgren frequently voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, twice voted to Defund Planned Parenthood, against the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, against disaster relief for victims of Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Harvey, and for the 2013 Government Shutdown. In 2017, he voted for the GOP’s massive Tax Scam, and for the repeal of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Financial Reform.
And here’s the good news… in the 2018 elections, Randy Hultgren was swept out of office by the Blue Wave, with Lauren Underwood overcoming the +5 Republican lean to defeat Hultgren 52.5% to 47.5%. And this time, we’d like to wish Hultgren our deepest, firmest of “GOOD RIDDANCE” greetings.
One Year Ago, January 29th, 2018: Randy Hultgren (IL)… Original Profile
Two Years Ago, January 29th, 2017:Sally Kern (OK)… 2017 Update
Three Years Ago, January 29th, 2016: Sally Kern (OK)… 2016 Update
Four Years Ago, January 29th, 2015: Sally Kern (OK)… Original Profile