On this date in both 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist 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, from co-sponsoring legislation to try and block the Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina, to voting for HB 392, another of those insane GOP bills that seek to drug test welfare recipients, then lose a state a ton of money on the cost of drug testing only to find no significant drug use until lawsuits against the laws succeed to prove the law is a violation of the 4th Amendment rights of those it seeks to test. He voted for the Repeal of the Racial Justice Act, several “stricter Voter ID laws” North Carolina Republicans push during her tenure aimed at suppressing the vote, and HB 465, a TRAP law aimed at creating abortion regulations so restrictive that they would effectively force the closure of all abortion clinics in the state for failing to be able to meet them. He voted for both SB 2, a bill to allow state officials to refuse to perform “certain marriage duties” if they have a “sincerely held” religious objection, and co-sponsored HB 2, North Carolina’s disastrous anti-LGBTQ law, that resulted in boycotts over the law cost the state well over a trillion dollars of revenue from business boycotts and the tourism industry.
Warren Daniel was re-elected to a sixth term in 2020 with 72% of the vote. then started screaming at court rulings regarding attempts by the North Carolina GOP to continue to gerrymander the state legislature, and then using his social media account to repeatedly spread lies about supposed election fraud that doesn’t exist. He was also advocating for gerrymandering and bills to create even further voter suppression. Warren Daniel regrettably won re-election again in 2022 after winning both the GOP Primary and the general election by over 20 points. We will continue to monitor his legislative record over the next two years, certain more extremism will be coming from his desk.
One Year Ago, March 5th, 2022: Warren Daniel (NC)… 2022 Update
Two Years Ago, March 5th, 2021: Warren Daniel (NC)… 2021 Update
Three Years Ago, March 5th, 2020: Warren Daniel (NC)… 2020 Update
Four Years Ago, March 5th, 2019: Warren Daniel (NC)… 2019 Update
Five Years Ago, March 5th, 2018: Warren Daniel (NC)… Original Profile
Six Years Ago, March 5th, 2017: Mike Willette (ME)… 2017 Update
Seven Years Ago. March 5th, 2016: Mike Willette (ME)… Original Profile
Eight Years Ago: March 5th, 2015: Kent Sorensen (IA)