It was on this date one year ago today that “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” first profiled North Carolina State Senator Warren Daniel, who was first elected but when else… in the 2010 Tea Party Wave. And while there are plenty of Republicans in the North Carolina state legislature who are dangerously deranged, Warren Daniel might not be the craziest, but his hands have been all over some of the craziest legislation in the Tar Heel State over the past seven years that concerns us enough to give him a profile. It’s not shocking to see a member of the North Carolina GOP who rails against gay marriage, and that boasts of an “A” rating from the NRA. But to see someone who’s still upset about ACORN almost a full eight years after it existed (and was never proven to have committed any wrongdoing in the first place, outside of Breitbart reports from noted fraud James O’Keefe), and is proud to have voted for nullification legislation to try and prevent implementation is a cause for concern.
It’s not just that Daniel votes conservatively, he’s the idiot who sponsors the worst bills in the first place. Whether it’s North Carolina’s idiotic “abortion motorcycle safety law”, a “Sharia Law ban” that turned into yet another abortion law, or a bill to try and allow prayer in public schools, this man’s fingerprints are on some of the most backwards-ass bills you can imagine. Daniel was also a co-sponsor of HB 2, North Carolina’s disastrous anti-LGBT law, which ended up sparking boycotts over the law that cost the state well over a trillion dollars of revenue from business boycotts and the tourism industry.
Warren Daniel was re-elected in 2018 with 70% of the vote. He thus will be permitted to spend another two years coming up with some of the worst legislative ideas the Tar Heel State has seen in a century.
One Year Ago, March 5th, 2018: Warren Daniel (NC)… Original Profile
Two Years Ago, March 5th, 2017: Mike Willette (ME)… 2017 Update
Three Years Ago. March 5th, 2016: Mike Willette (ME)… Original Profile
Four Years Ago: March 5th, 2015: Kent Sorensen (IA)