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.

    • Phenomephrene
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      435 months ago

      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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            75 months ago

            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’.”

      • @[email protected]
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        125 months ago

        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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        105 months ago

        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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        25 months ago

        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.

    • Admiral Patrick
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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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        45 months ago

        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’?”

    • @[email protected]
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      15 months ago

      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.