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Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day: Mike Turzai [1]

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Date: 2024-01-13  

Welcome to what is the 1281st original profile here at “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day”, where we’ll be profiling Mike Turzai, the former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for two decades from 2001 to 2020, serving District 28 of that body. Of course, we can’t forget that in 1998, he challenged Democratic Congressman Ron Klink for his seat serving PA-4, and during that race Turzai was widely lambasted for hiring a helicopter to circle his opponent’s home, as well as sending a camera crew to attempt to ambush him.



But during his time as a Pennsylvania state legislator, he was noted to be so against legalizing even medical cannabis use that even debate over it would literally drive him to tears. Turzai was noted for his repeated attempts at voter suppression, especially in the wake of the 2010 Tea Party Wave. After passing a Voter ID law in 2012, Turzai went to give a speech at a Republican State Committee Meeting that it wasn’t meant to stop the voter fraud that the GOP are always baying about, but can never prove… no, the law was created to try and help Mitt Romney win the presidency. He’s Turzai, saying the quiet part out loud…

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