On this date in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, as well as 2019, that “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” published profiles of the U.S. House Representative from Georgia’s 10th District, Jody Hice, who prior to his election to office in 2014, we warned that Pastor Hice had already made several controversial statements, such as arguing against the existence of a separation of church and state, referring to homosexuality as bestiality, and denying acknowledging that Islam was an actual religion, so therefore, in his mind, the First Amendment of the Constitution does not apply to Muslims.
While our update on Hice in 2015 was mostly a discussion of his abysmal voting record, we did pause to look at Hice’s further thoughts on what he considers the “so-called separation of church and state”, calling it a “false belief“, and that secular government causes increases in violence, gangs, and teen pregnancy. Hice has talked somewhat less over the past few years, with the biggest focus of his power of a legislator being that he considers renaming parks after Nancy Reagan to be a higher priority to doing anything else to help the country, save for perhaps sponsoring Personhood legislation like the “Sanctity of Life Act”.
Since Donald Trump was inaugurated, Jody Hice was doing his best to provide cover for him regarding during the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, so much so that in a Fox News appearance on May 22nd, 2018, Hice called for “an investigation into the investigators” because he was so upset that Robert Mueller and his team kept finding out all the illegal things Trump and his campaign officials were doing to try to steal away the White House.
Hice was re-elected in 2018 with 62% of the vote, enjoying the +15 Republican lean that his district has. He thus has returned to Washington to continue to rack up one of the most extreme voting records you’ll find:
- January 22nd, 2019: Hice votes against HR 676, which would prevent Donald Trump from doing the unthinkable and walking away from our allies in NATO to appease the Russians.
- January 23rd, 2019: Rep. Hice voted against HR 648, because he was gleeully enjoying the longest government shutdown in history.
- February 28th, 2019: Jody Hice votes against HR 1112, a bill which would have required universal background checks on all firearm purchases, and close the gun show loophole.
- March 14th, 2019: Rep. Hice 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: Jody Hice is one of 158 Republicans who choose to vote against the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act, likely because they feel the 2nd Amendment remaining absolute is more important than preventing people with a history of domestic abuse from owning a firearm (which statistics show, makes them more likely to use those firearms against women in their lives).
- May 17th, 2019: The Equality Act passes the House with only 8 GOP Congressmen choosing to vote for LGBTQ civil rights protections. Hice was not content to just vote against it, but commented on the landmark legislation by getting on Twitter to say that the bill was ”an enormous blow to religious liberty and our Constitution.“ (Heaven forbid people be able to avoid discrimination based on their gender identity and sexual orientation.)
- June 4th, 2019: Rep. Hice votes against the Dreamers Act, because he’s too xenophobic and partisan to care about immigration reform.
- July 12th, 2019: Hice is one of 12 Republicans who vote against the re-authorization of the Zadroga Act to provide healthcare to 9/11 First Responders.
- July 16th, 2019: Jody Hice is one of 187 Republicans who 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: Hice cravenly votes “PRESENT” on 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.
- October 23rd, 2019: Hice 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 3rd, 2019: Rep. Hice is one of 71 Republicans who votes against a resolution to disallow Russia from re-entering the G7 and makes it the G8 until it leaves Ukraine.
- December 18th, 2019: Hice 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.
- April 23rd, 2020: Jody Hice is one of 4 Republicans who vote against the Coronavirus stimulus bill in the House.
- May 15th, 2020: Hice votes against the HEROES Act, to further support the healthcare industry and citizens affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
- August 24th, 2020: Hice gets on Twitter and posts conspiracy theories about voter fraud, claiming Democrats support mail-in balloting because “that’s how you steal an election”.
It seems like Jody Hice might have annoyed members of the Republican Party establishment, as he was booted from the House Armed Services Committee in 2019 for supporting Jim Jordan and not Kevin McCarthy for their House leadership. However, they have yet to run a credible challenger against him in a primary, and he has only to survive a rematch against Democrat Tabitha Johnson-Green in November to get elected to a fourth term in office. We’re betting this fanatic won’t willingly retire anytime soon, and is going to give us plenty to write about, going forward.