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“The Republicans running for Congress this cycle are dangerous, extreme, and out of touch, and none more so than Majewski,” said DCCC spokesperson Nebeyatt Betre. “Northwest Ohio won’t find anything in common with Majewski, who brags about being an insurrectionist, lies about military deployments for political gain, and refuses to be honest with voters. Majewski’s extremism will cost him and Republicans at the ballot box in November.”
Washington Post: Opinion: Think you already know crazy? Meet the House GOP Class of ’22.
By Dana Milbank
October 7, 2022
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“Can we have order in the House? Not if this crowd takes over.”
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“Much of the public focus in the midterm elections has been on the, er, exotic nature of the Republic nominees in Senate and gubernatorial races, and understandably so […] But GOP nominees for the House are no less erratic — just less well known.”
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There’s the man from Ohio who lied about his military record, lavishly promoted QAnon themes, acknowledged bypassing police barriers at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and with 120 gallons of paint turned his entire lawn into a Trump banner.
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“And that’s on top of a larger group of GOP nominees in deep-red congressional districts who are a motley assortment of election deniers, climate-change deniers, QAnon enthusiasts and Jan. 6 participants who propose to abolish the FBI and ban abortion with no exceptions, among other things.”
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“Some won nominations despite efforts by party leadership to stop them and continue without financial support from the National Republican Congressional Committee.”
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“Maybe this is why Kevin McCarthy, the man who as House speaker would have the task of leading this rogues’ gallery, calls his agenda a ‘Commitment to America.’ Many members of his new majority might be good candidates for commitment.”
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J.R. Majewski, the Trump-backed lawn painter from Ohio, has a different agenda: He wants to “abolish all unconstitutional three letter agencies,” including the CIA. He has said he’s willing to fight a civil war, and he made a campaign video in which he carried a rifle and said he would “do whatever it takes” to “bring this country back to its former glory.”
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But the would-be Republican Class of ’22 is extraordinary in the number of oddballs and extremists in its ranks. This is no accident: The trend in Republican primaries, accelerated by Trump, has favored those with the most eye-popping tapestry of conspiracy theories and unyielding positions. GOP primaries are dominated by a sliver of the electorate on the far right.
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“The House Republican Class of ’22 will be many things, but ‘boring’ is not one of them.”
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