In both 2016, 2017, 2018, as well as in 2019, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” presented profiles of the sitting U.S. House Representative from North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District, Mark Walker, who has already caught our attention while serving in his freshman term in office. As some of our more extreme GOP House members seem to be, Mark Walker was a newcomer to politics, only formerly serving as a pastor before jumping into politics in 2014, where he has deeply concerned for his psychological stability. At a town hall, he derided Islam, saying, “You can’t have a religion of peace when you’ve got nearly a billion” – that’s with a “b” – “people chopping off heads all over the country.”
He also talked of impeaching President Obama for things he never did and will never do, like refusing to leave office, instituting Sharia Law, and “spending billions on vacations” (Obama spent less time on vacation than any president in decades). Walker also casually discussed going to war with Mexico to stop border crossings (because that wouldn’t make more people flee there), saying the military along the border could “laser or blitz somebody with a couple of fighter jets”. He felt war with Mexico would be okay because “We’ve done it before.” Ah, a pastor willing to go to war over immigration, just like Jesus would have wanted.
Walker also made a threat to shut down the government over Planned Parenthood funding, and his belief that any criticism of North Carolina’s HB2 law was “bullying” (which is precisely backwards) and perpetuating the myth that transgendered citizens are assaulting women in public bathrooms. Walker’s outlook on climate change from his website isn’t just denial, but a partisan attack on Democrats, or as he called them, the “secular left”, who he accuses of using the issue to get rich. Anyway, during the GOP Primary in 2014, Pastor Walker, not surprisingly, stated his absolute dedication to being pro-life, without exceptions. Once he got to the general election of course, he suddenly DID believe in exceptions for rape and incest. His voting record once he got to office indicates his primary stance was his true one.
On June 21st, 2016, as House Democrats staged a sit-in on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives after the largest mass shooting in modern history in Orlando, trying to force Speaker Paul Ryan and Republicans to vote on legislation to make sure that those on the no-fly-list for being suspected terrorists could also not by firearms to carry out terror attacks…Paul Ryan attempted to hide the GOP’s embarrassment by cutting C-SPAN cameras filming the sit-in, only to discover Democrats were filming it on Periscope, and providing live-feeds on the internet. Mark Walker wasn’t going to take the protest in stride, and got on Twitter to shame the Democrats for their gun control support, by comparing their move to the REAL masters of the sit-in, who fought during the Civil Rights era:
“Calling this a sit-in is a disgrace to Woolworth’s. They sat-in for rights. Dems are ‘sitting-in’ to strip them away.”
There was just one enormous problem with that line of attack… one of the leaders of the Democratic sit-in was Georgia Congressman John Lewis. As in, civil rights hero John Lewis, who crossed the bridge in Selma only to be clubbed in the head by police, and actually SAT at the Woolworth’s lunch counter that Mark Walker was referencing during his social media white-splaining. There’s barking up the wrong tree, and then there’s putting on a dog suit and yapping at a cactus until you get poked in the nose. Walker had done the latter.
We will finish our update by pointing out that with such relevant issues happening in our country such as Russia hacking into our election systems, or how we could better protect those voting systems… Walker likes to get on social media to focus on other, more pressing issues. Like to complain about “government waste” evidenced by the installation of small ramps near the reflecting pool in our nation’s capitol so that ducklings can get in and out without drowning. Mark Walker, ladies and gentleman. A soul so compassionate, he’d rather see dead baby animals on his way to work than have any solution created with taxpayer dollars. A man who is only pro-life as it applies to fetuses, and not any living being.
Walker’s fanaticism has even angered his own Republican colleagues, including during the brief search for a new House chaplain in April, when Walker requested candidates have “adult children and wives”. That ended up having him being forced to leave the committee to pick the next chaplain because he just effectively admitted he wanted to disqualify anyone who was Catholic, off hand, given their vows of chastity making the whole “wife or kid” prerequisite impossible. Apparently he’s only tolerant of fellow Baptists, at this point.
His voting record in his final term in office went a little like this:
- January 23rd, 2019: Rep. Walker voted against HR 648, because he was gleefully enjoying the longest government shutdown in history.
- January 27th, 2019: Mark Walker couldn’t be arsed to vote against HJR 30, which was meant to express disapproval of Donald Trump not acting against Russian Federation for attacking our democracy. You see, he’s fine with our nation being sublet to Vladimir Putin.
- February 28th, 2019: Mark Walker 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: Walker votes against HR 183, a resolution to condemn anti-Semitism as a hateful extension of intolerance.
- March 14th, 2019: Rep. Walker 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.
- April 4th, 2019: Mark Walker is one of 158 Republicans who choose to vote against the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
- May 17th, 2019: Walker votes against The Equality Act, which would have prevented discrimination towards Americans based on their gender identity or sexual orientation.
- June 4th, 2019: Rep. Walker votes against the Dreamers Act, because he’s too xenophobic and partisan to care about immigration reform.
- July 16th, 2019: Mark Walker votes 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 23rd, 2019: Walker is one of 41 Republicans who, while staring down the possibility of Donald Trump being impeached, stage a ridiculous publicity stunt in response by crashing a classified impeachment inquiry hearing for a “protest”.
- December 18th, 2019: Walker 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: Walker votes against the HEROES Act, to further support the healthcare industry and citizens affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mark Walker has opted to not run for re-election in 2020, which may or may not have something to do with the fact that he was implicated in a corruption probe by federal investigators. He is alleged to have accepted $150,000 for his campaign in a bribery scheme to force North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to replace his deputy. Even if Walker avoids indictment, he’s going to spend the next several months under scrutiny from the House Ethics Committee (which is now controlled by Democrats, so good luck with that, Mark).
However… before we all start celebrating the end of Mark Walker’s career… keep in mind he’ll be running for U.S. Senate in North Carolina in 2022, to try to get the seat being vacated by Senator Richard Burr (an ethically challenged individual in his own right).
It’s up to the people of the Tar Heel State to decide they don’t want corruption to be a part of their politics, it seems.
One Year Ago, July 26th, 2019: Mark Walker (NC)… 2019 Update
Two Years Ago, July 26th, 2018: Mark Walker (NC)… 2018 Update
Three Years Ago, July 26th, 2017: Mark Walker (NC)… 2017 Update
Four Years Ago, July 26th, 2016: Mark Walker (NC)… Original Profile
Five Years Ago, July 26th, 2015: Allen West (FL)… 2015 Update
Six Years Ago, July 26th, 2014: Allen West (FL)… Original Profile