On this date in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” published its first profile of Justin Humphrey, a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from District 19 who just reached office for the first time in 2016 with 52% of the vote, and almost immediately popped up on our radar as an anti-abortion fanatic. This is not only because he is one of 19 sponsors of a bill, HR 1004, proposed in the Oklahoma state legislature that would direct every public official in Oklahoma to exercise their authority to stop murder of unborn children by abortion, because wow does that fly in the face of the Roe v. Wade ruling and contain inflammatory language… but it’s not even the most extreme statement Justin Humphrey has made on the issue.
It's still no small feat to stand out among anti-abortion loons in Oklahoma. Honestly, there were 18 other co-sponsors of the bill we just mentioned. What makes Justin Humphrey special enough to warrant our attention?
Well, it might be that he volunteered his opinion that “men should have a say” because pregnant women are “hosts” once they’ve been “irresponsible” enough to have sex and get pregnant:
“I believe one of the breakdowns in our society is that we have excluded the man out of all of these types of decisions. I understand that they feel like that is their body. I feel like it is a separate — what I call them is, is you’re a ‘host.’ And you know when you enter into a relationship you’re going to be that host and so, you know, if you pre-know that then take all precautions and don’t get pregnant. So that’s where I’m at. I’m like, hey, your body is your body and be responsible with it. But after you’re irresponsible then don’t claim, well, I can just go and do this with another body, when you’re the host and you invited that in.”
Now, if you are a sane person, you just read that and are trying to process if it sounds more like something out of “The Handmaid’s Tale” or Ridley Scott’s “Alien” saga. But that’s the mental state of being of Humphrey, who’s saying out loud what you might suspect a lot of anti-abortion Republicans think like.
But days after making that statement, Humphrey unflinchingly sponsored legislation, HB 1441, that would require a woman to get the father’s permission before seeking an abortion, which neglects that a paternity test can’t confirm who a baby’s father is during a pregnancy without risking a miscarriage or developmental defects to the fetus. So really, any random guy could stake claim to being the “father” and stop an abortion. Also, the Supreme Court struck down a similar law in 1992 that passed in Pennsylvania’s state legislature, so the legal precedent was this would be overturned as unconstitutional almost immediately.
Of course, Humphrey claimed, without proof, to be on the receiving end of threats after all this utter dickery during his first six weeks on the job. While we were hoping that with only 52% was all he managed in 2016, and prior to that election, Democrats held the seat from District 19 for over a decade, that maybe Humphrey would be a “one and done” legislator, we regret to report that he managed to be re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2018.
This rejected villain from A Handmaid’s Tale broke his hip shortly after his re-election, and while he was laid up in bed, had over $40,000 worth of cattle stolen from him, Justin Humphrey won another term in office in 2020 on the benefit that both the GOP Primary election and general election were straight-up canceled for his seat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and he returned to the legislature to sponsor sensible bills like OKLAHOMA SHOULD ISSUE BIGFOOT HUNTING LICENSES.We are not joking, and this crytpid-hunting loon isn’t either.
“Tourism is one of the biggest attractions we have in my House district. Establishing an actual hunting season and issuing licenses for people who want to hunt Bigfoot will just draw more people to our already beautiful part of the state. It will be a great way for people to enjoy our area and to have some fun.”
He noted how the town of Honobia in southeast Oklahoma already has a Bigfoot festival each October so the hunting season would ideally line up with that event.
“Having a license and a tag would give people a way to prove they participated in the hunt. Again, the overall goal is to get people to our area to enjoy the natural beauty and to have a great time, and if they find Bigfoot while they’re at it, well hey, that’s just an even bigger prize.”
The lawmaker specifically noted that he doesn’t want people to actually kill Bigfoot — instead he hopes to include language for his bill to secure at least $25,000 for the first person to capture the beast.
“A lot of people don’t believe in Bigfoot, but a lot of people do. Just like some people like to go deer hunting, while some don’t.”
…Again, this Sasquatch obsession… this is the third time we’ve profiled a Republican who’s looking for the missing link in the wilds of their district, from Congressman Tim Burchett in Tennessee, and former one-term Congressman Denver Riggleman. Just… this is the sort of thing they’re doing during a pandemic, where people are struggling to earn money that’s barely a living wage. What the f*** happened to the Republican Party? We know they were always corrupt and racist, but when did they go into a full breakdown where they sound like they’re cribbing notes from X-Files episodes?Anyway, given Justin Humphrey’s already-established dumb-assery, it will probably not come as a surprise that he started attacking the LGBTQ community in April of 2021, specifically saying that transgender people “have mental illness”. The local media followed up on his disgusting comments, and of course he didn’t apologize, he instead clarified what a bigoted ***hole he is, saying:
"I want to tell your audience there is no transgender. There is male and there is female. And transgender would be a mental health issue... So those people that say I'm bigoted, I will say you're insane and you're doing the people wrong by doing that."
One Year Ago, March 23rd, 2022: Justin Humphrey (OK)… 2022 Update
Two Years Ago, March 23rd, 2021: Justin Humphrey (OK)… 2021 Update
Three Years Ago, March 23rd, 2020: Justin Humphrey (OK)… 2020 Update
Four Years Ago, March 23rd, 2019: Justin Humphrey (OK)… 2019 Update
Five Years Ago, March 23rd, 2018: Justin Humphrey (OK)… Original Profile
Six Years Ago, March 23rd, 2017: Alan Hays (FL)
Seven Years Ago, March 23rd, 2016: Rob Maness (LA)… 2016 Update
Eight Years Ago, March 23rd, 2015: Rob Maness (LA)… Original Profile
