In 2016, 2017, 2018, as well as in 2019, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” profile of the U.S. House Representative from Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District, Trent Kelly, a former District Attorney, who when he was presented with the opportunity to prosecute a hate crime committed against Devin Norman on federal charges, a man who was brutally beaten for being gay in March of 2015. Campaigning solely on his service to his country, Kelly won a terribly crowded GOP Primary against more challengers than can be counted on your fingers, in spite of having almost no stated stances on the issues. And the only thing he did specify is that he would like the 14th Amendment, which normally covers birthright citizenship to also cover “pre-born human beings”. For those needing a translation of what that means, it means that Kelly’s making an end-around attack on Roe v. Wade by having the 14th Amendment declare zygotes and fetuses to be fully functional human beings and not just clumps of cells, so they get the constitutional rights that would make aborting them murder. So it probably will come as little surprise that right around the time Trent Kelly arrived in Washington, D.C., and the Republican Party was s***ting itself in fury over the Center for Medical Progress’ “sting” video of Planned Parenthood, that he signed onto a letter promising he would vote to shut down the government if Planned Parenthood was not defunded, based off of a video that experts have debunked as a fraud.
During the controversy over the Trump administration’s “family separation” policy in July of 2018, Rep. Kelly went on record after touring immigrant detention centers that were imprisoning children in cages and deemed those methods “appropriate”.
So apparently only “pre-born” children deserve human rights.
Trent Kelly won re-election in 2018 with 67% of the vote, and resumed having one of the most conservative voting records, even for most Bible Belt Republicans:
- January 23rd, 2019: Rep. Kelly voted against HR 648, because he was gleefully enjoying the longest government shutdown in history.
- January 27th, 2019: Trent Kelly votes against HJR 30, which was meant to express disapproval of Donald Trump not acting against Russian Federation for attack Kelly our democracy. You see, he’s fine with our nation being sublet to Vladimir Putin.
- February 28th, 2019: Trent Kelly votes against HR 1112, a bill which would have required universal background checks on all firearm purchases, and close the gun show loophole.
- March 7th, 2019: Kelly votes against HR 183, a resolution to condemn anti-Semitism as a hateful extension of intolerance.
- March 14th, 2019: Rep. Kelly votes against HJR 46, which sane members of Congress voted for to reject Donald Trump’s “national emergency” regarding the U.S. border and his attempts to reallocate funds for a border wall without Congressional approval.
- May 17th, 2019: Kelly votes against The Equality Act, which would have prevented discrimination towards Americans based on their gender identity or sexual orientation.
- June 4th, 2019: Rep. Kelly votes against the Dreamers Act, because he’s too xenophobic and partisan to care about immigration reform.
- July 16th, 2019: Trent Kelly can’t be bothered to vote against a resolution to condemn Donald Trump for his racist statements that four people of color in Congress should “go back where they came from”.
- October 17th, 2019: Kelly votes against HJ Res 77, which opposed Donald Trump’s disastrous decision to abandon Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria to the mercies of a Turkish invasion.
- December 3rd, 2019: Rep. Kelly votes against a resolution to disallow Russia from re-entering the G7 and makes it the G8 until it leaves Ukraine.
- December 18th, 2019: Kelly ignores his Congressional duty to hold a president who has been proven to commit high crimes and misdemeanors accountable and votes against the impeachment of Donald Trump.
- May 15th, 2020: Kelly votes against the HEROES Act, to further support the healthcare industry and citizens affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Trent Kelly coasted back into the House with 67% of the vote in the 2018 elections. We’re intrigued, though, to see how Ole Miss Law Professor Antonia Eliason fares against him in about five weeks, as she’s a proud Democratic Socialist in the mold of Senator Bernie Sanders or Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Still, Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District has a strong Republican lean, and the far more likely outcome is that unless Kelly gets undone by the FEC investigating his illegal campaign fundraising finances of accepting donations larger than the allowed limit, he seems like he’s not going anywhere anytime soon.
One Year Ago, October 1st, 2019: Trent Kelly (MS)… 2019 Update
Two Years Ago, October 1st, 2018: Trent Kelly (MS)… 2018 Update
Three Years Ago, October 1st, 2017: Trent Kelly (MS)… 2017 Update
Four Years Ago, October 1st, 2016: Trent Kelly (MS)… Original Profile
Five Years Ago, October 1st, 2015: Phil Gingrey (GA)… 2015 Update
Six Years Ago, October 1st, 2014: Phil Gingrey (GA)… Original Profile