Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89.

Inhofe, a powerful fixture in Oklahoma politics for over six decades, died Tuesday morning after he had a stroke over the July Fourth holiday, his family said in a statement.

Inhofe, who was elected to a fifth Senate term in 2020, stepped down in early 2023.

  • Admiral Patrick
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    5 months ago

    He’s a former senator; stepped down in 2023. Has already been replaced by MarkWayne Mullin.

      • Phenomephrene
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        He’s the guy that challenged Union Rep Sean O’Brien to a fistfight during a senate hearing. Doesn’t get much more Markwayne than that.

            • @TheDoozer
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              Marcus in the front, Wayne in the back.

              • @[email protected]
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                45 months ago

                Also pretty sure Mullin is just the verb form of mullet.

                ”Hey bruh, how’s the radical new hair growin’ in?"

                “Aw you know, dude, it’s mullin’.”

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          I’m pretty sure O’Brian called him “Clownshoes”.

          It’s a Boston thing, and Markwayne 100% deserves to be called that.

        • @[email protected]
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          I’m still sad that Markwayne didn’t get his fascist fucking teeth knocked out on the senate floor

        • @[email protected]
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          He’s also the guy in the famous photo of a pussy cowering in the capital building on January 6th. Whenever I hear about more of that guy’s fucking mess, I think of that photo and am soothed a bit.

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        95 months ago

        I originally had just “MarkWayne” but edited to add his surname lest he be confused with MarkWayne van der Snoot-Smythe (probably also a republican).

        • Flying Squid
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          MarkWayne van der Snoot-Smythe

          If anyone had a good reason to petition for a name change…

          • Admiral Patrick
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            35 months ago

            Heh. I needed a funny last name, so I thought “What’s the opposite of ‘MarkWayne’?”

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        It’s always people named Jordan Jackson or Peter Pierce, and they always have the visage of someone who worked in a Roundup facility for 45 years.

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      at 88, or how they call it in the senate: early retirement