Bluestem missed the celebration yesterday at Daily Kos, which published Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Glenn Gruenhagen- 2022 Update:
It was on this date in both 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, as well as 2021, that “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” first profiled Glenn Gruenhagen, [R-Glencoe] a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who first came onto the scene back in, you guessed it, the 2010 Tea Party Wave with but 51% of the vote. He since has somehow gathered a following among GOP voters, winning with at least 60% of the vote in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Perhaps his charm with his party lies in his radical social conservative views, like that he is “pro life from conception to natural death” and thinks that abortion somehow has “economic consequences” or that he claims the Affordable Care Act will lead to “healthcare rationing”, a frequently debunked myth the right likes to spread about the ACA that has been widely known to be a bogus talking point for around… oh, eight or nine years now.
Gruenhagen’s signature issue, however, is LGBTQ rights, or why we should not have them. Going back to his earliest days serving on a school council, Gruenhagen has been fervently anti-gay, often interrupting school board meetings to, non sequitur, rant about the evils of sodomy. In 2005, his own colleagues noted:
There's more on that phobic track record, though the post turns to another Gruenhagen nemesis that's caught Bluestem's attention:
. . . The “secret gay agenda” is hardly the only bizarre conspiracy theory Gruenhagen believes in, as he is also a climate change denier wielding a particularly abhorrent lack of logic, insisting that talk of it is “a United Nations fraud”, while making the idiotic accusation that those who do acknowledge evidence of climate change “believe that exhaling is causing global warning”, citing “facts he learned at CPAC”. . . .
But Gruenhagen won't be the Minnesota House's problem after December:
Glenn Gruenhagen opted to run for the Minnesota State Senate in 2022, seeking the very red seat in District 17 held by the retiring Scott Newman, and jumped to the upper chamber getting 70% of the vote. Hopefully any damage he continues to try to do in Minnesota state government will be mitigated.
Gruenhagen will be joined by fellow sparkling House personalities Cal Bahr, Steve Drakowski, and Eric Lucero, though they'll stay in the minority as the DFL takes over the chamber. Curiously, these fellows and Gruenhagen were among those who sent a letter asking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to add Minnesota and Secretary of State Steve Simon to a lawsuit "to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden's 62 Electoral College votes in four swing states, as the Star Tribune reported. The New York Times reported on December 11, 2020 Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election.
Given the proven record of Gruenhagen's appearance as Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day, Bluestem makes the modest proposal that Governor Walz issue a proclamation in 2023 declaring Saturday, November 25 Glenn Gruenhagen Fanatical Republican Extremist Day.
Since Thanksgiving doesn't fall on November 25 in 2023, patriots can thus gather through Minnesota to celebrate Glenn's Day without neglecting family gatherings or shopping.
From Daily Kos:
One Year Ago, November 25th, 2021: Glenn Gruenhagen (MN)… 2021 Update
Two Year Ago, November 25th, 2020: Glenn Gruenhagen (MN)… 2020 Update
Three Years Ago, November 25th, 2019: Glenn Gruenhagen (MN)… 2019 Update
Four Years Ago, November 25th, 2018: Glenn Gruenhagen (MN)… 2018 Update
Five Years Ago, November 25th, 2017: Glenn Gruenhagen (MN)… Original Profile
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Photo: Glencoe area Republican Glenn Gruenhagen and his wife at a Medical Health rally at the Minnesota Capitol. That slogan on her shirt isn't pro-reproductive rights.
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