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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.

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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 36 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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 Has already been replaced by MarkWayne Mullin.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 months ago

With a name like Markwayne, it's painfully obvious this person is a Republican

[-] Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org 41 points 4 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.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 24 points 4 months ago

I was frankly shocked he didn't have a mullet

[-] finley@lemm.ee 27 points 4 months ago
[-] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Marcus in the front, Wayne in the back.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 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'."

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago

I'm pretty sure O'Brian called him "Clownshoes".

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

[-] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 2 points 4 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.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 8 points 4 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).

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

MarkWayne van der Snoot-Smythe

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

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 4 months ago

Heh. I needed a funny last name, so I thought "What's the opposite of 'MarkWayne'?"

[-] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 4 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.

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

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