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Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Tim Burchett- 2022 Update [1]

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Date: 2022-09-06  

U.S. House Rep. Tim Burchett, of Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District, who has stated his interest in Bigfoot in the past, and now is going on record to peddle UFO conspiracy theories. Oh, and conspiracy theories about "the real origins of Covid-19".

On this date in 2019, 2020, as well as in 2021, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” profile the U.S. House Representative from Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District, Tim Burchett, who is now serving who was first elected to that position in the 2018 elections with 66% of the vote, allowing him to replace the disgraced John Duncan, Jr. in a highly conservative district that the GOP have held since, oh… 1857. Mind you, Burchett underperformed what Duncan used to do at the polls, because Burchett, the former mayor of Knox County, is a rabid Bigfoot enthusiast, whose greatest achievement in terms of policy was to make it legal for his constituents at home to eat roadkill when he was still a member of the Tennessee state legislature in the 1990s. (Knox County apparently prefers their mayors eccentric, as Burchett’s replacement was Glenn Jacobs, aka WWE’s Kane.)



Burchett has a long, sordid history of campaign finance violations dating back to his time in the Tennessee State Senate, including an investigation in 2018 that had the FBI considering whether or not they should pursue tax evasion charges. He also has been quite prolific on Twitter, being dumb enough to besmirch the University of Tennessee football team (not a smart political move for someone from Tennessee), and to make non-sequitur attacks on “Serbian dirtbags”. The latter slight, he of course refuses to apologize for, and the former he blew off as “something I deleted after five minutes”.



Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District has a +25 Republican lean in the Cook Partisan Voting Index, helping him get re-elected in 2020 with 68% of the vote

. Thus, he has returned to Washington to do the following:

With Denver Riggleman having lost in his own Virginia district in 2020, Tim Burchett is now the only openly proud sasquatch enthusiast in Congress. And, if that wasn’t weird enough already, on June 16th, 2021, Burchett chatted with a reporter from TMZ about the existence of UFOs, citing passages from the Bible he felt indicate they exist, and his belief that there was a coverup of a recovered UFO in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. Next up, we’re going to find out he believes in the Loch Ness Monster and Mothman, too. Or, y’know, he’ll try to drum up conspiracy theories about “the real origin of Covid-19”.

Here’s the thing… Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District has a +18 lean in the Cook Partisan Voting Index, so for all his quirks about cryptids or other “out there” tales… unseating Tim Burchett will be a tall order for his Democratic opponent in November, Mark Harmon (apparently no relation to the star of NCIS). We’re hoping, however, that if Burchett is going to stick around for another term in office, he gets a little less weird and/or partisan.

One Year Ago, July 20th, 2021: Tim Burchett (TN)… 2021 Update

Two Years Ago, July 20th, 2020: Tim Burchett (TN)… 2020 Update

Three Years Ago, July 20th, 2019: Tim Burchett (TN)… Original Profile

Four Years Ago, July 20th, 2018: Michael Snyder (ID)

Five Years Ago, July 20th, 2017: Jason Chaffetz (UT)… 2017 Update

Six Years Ago, July 20th, 2016: Jason Chaffetz (UT)… 2016 Update

Seven Years Ago, July 20th, 2015: Jason Chaffetz (UT)… 2015 Update

Eight Years Ago, September 6th, 2014: Jason Chaffetz (UT)… Original Profile

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