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These 2 Republicans in 'escalating personal clash' over failed effort to censure Democrat - Alternet.org

An effort by Rep. Nancy Mace (R‑S.C.) to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D‑Minn.) failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday night.

The resolution, which was introduced in response to Omar reposting a video and making remarks related to right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s murder last week, was tabled by a vote of 214‑213. Four Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing the resolution.

The Republicans who opposed the resolution were Reps. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.), Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) and Mike Flood (R-Neb.)

If passed, the resolution would have formally censured Omar and removed her from some committee assignments.

Following the failure of her censure motion, Mace took to social mediato attack her Republican colleagues who opposed the move.

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In a series of post on the social platform X, she wrote: "4 Republicans sold out tonight. They sided with Democrats to protect Ilhan Omar. A woman who mocked the assassination of an innocent American husband and father."

She added: "In 210 Democrats and 4 Republicans (Mike Flood, Jeff Hurd, Tom McClintock, and Cory Mills) just sided with Ilhan Omar over Charlie Kirk. They voted to shield a woman who mocked the cold-blooded assassination of Charlie Kirk… A woman who belittled his grieving family…"

"They showed us exactly who they are. Never forget it," Mace wrote.

Meanwhile, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., welcomed the development.

In a statement released to media, it declared the outcome "a victory against racism and political repression," but added that "the fight is not over."

"Rep. Mace and her allies may seek to bring the measure back to the floor in the future. Earlier today, CAIR sent a formal letter to all members of the House urging them to oppose the resolution, which falsely accused Rep. Omar of celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk - despite her repeatedly condemning his murder and offering sympathy to his family," CAIR stated.

“Instead of targeting Rep. Omar, Republican and Democratic leaders should consider holding accountable bigots like Rep. Randy Fine and Rep. Brian Mast, and even Rep. Mace herself - who in recent days said Rep. Omar should go back to Somalia and told a Jewish colleague they should see a plastic surgeon for their nose," the statement read.

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ethics comm swing vote to release gaetz report? just payback for mccarthy coup?

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representative Tom McClintock of California was the sole Republican voting in favor of releasing the House Ethics Committee report on former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, joining 197 Democrats.

The House voted 206-198 to block the release of the ethics report. Gaetz has denied all the allegations investigated by the House Ethics Committee, which included illicit drug use and sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old girlwhile in office. Gaetz, who resigned from Congress in November, withdrew from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, stating that the matter was "unfairly becoming a distraction" for the transition team.

In a statement to CNN, McClintock said: "The late [Supreme Court Justice] Louis Brandeis said it best: 'Sunlight is the best of disinfectants.' This is a public report, prepared with public funds concerning the public conduct of a public official. Of course, the public has a right to see it."

Democratic Representative Sean Casten of Illinois introduced a motion Tuesday to hold a House vote to force the release of the report. The House Ethics Committee met Thursday to discuss the report but did not make a decision on its release.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has previously said the report should not be made public, told CNN after the vote that the debate was a "moot point" since Gaetz is no longer a member of Congress. "I'll leave it up to the committee to do their business there," Johnson added.

Newsweek has contacted McClintock's office, Johnson's office and a spokesperson for Gaetz for further comment via email

Representative Tom McClintock speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on February 6, 2024 in Washington, D.C. McClintock was the sole GOP House member to vote for the release of an ethics report on former... More Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Casten criticized the outcome of the vote, saying a majority of the House of Representatives "took the easy way out" by blocking his resolution.

"They could have ensured a vote on whether or not former members should be held accountable when they face serious and credible allegations of sexual misconduct, including having sex with minors," Casten said in a statement.

"Instead, the House voted to sweep these allegations under the rug and set an unfortunate precedent that resigning from Congress can make such problems disappear. I retain options to continue to pursue the release of the Gaetz report."

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Casten urged people to stop calling on the House Ethics Committee to leak the report.

"It is my understanding that women testified with the expectation of privacy. Our resolution today expressly required appropriate redactions to formally protect them in ways that an informal leak may not," Casten wrote.

Since Gaetz is no longer in office, the House technically no longer has jurisdiction over him. The release of an ethics reports after a resignation has occurred in the past, but this is extremely rare.

Matt Gaetz Could Face 'Serious' Criminal Charges Over Ethics Report—Lawyers

Gaetz was also the subject of a two-year Department of Justice investigation into allegations that he had sex with a teenage girl and paid for her to travel with him, including across state lines. No charges were brought against Gaetz who denied all the allegations.

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2021

427Supporting Tribal Management of BisonWildlife, Environmental Justice, Public Lands/Forests

2021385Transformative Climate, Jobs, and Justice Investments (2x Score)Climate Change, Air, Clean Energy, Environmental Justice, Transportation, Public Lands/Forests, Water, Other

2021385Transformative Climate, Jobs, and Justice InvestmentsClimate Change, Air, Clean Energy, Drilling, Environmental Justice, Public Lands/Forests, Transportation, Water, Other

2021379Censuring Paul GosarJustice and Democracy

2021272Taking Action on PFAS ContaminationToxics/Public Right to Know

2021260Restoring the Voting Rights ActJustice and Democracy

2021247Pro-Environment Funding PackageOther, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Clean Air, Clean Water, Environmental Justice

2021217Protecting People from PFASToxics/Public Right to Know; Water

2021208Investing in Transportation and Water InfrastructureClimate Change, Transportation, Water, Clean Energy, Environmental Justice

2021206Building Climate-resilient Wastewater InfrastructureWater, Climate Change

2021201Investing in Climate-Smart and Pro-Wildlife InfrastructureTransportation, Climate Change, Wildlife

2021196Removing Confederate Statues from the U.S. CapitolLands/Forests, Justice and Democracy

2021185Repealing Assault on Methane Pollution SafeguardsClimate Change, Dirty Energy

2021169Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure RequirementsClimate Change; Other

2021145Increasing Awareness and Reporting of Hate CrimesOther, Justice and Democracy

2021132Washington, D.C. StatehoodJustice and Democracy

202191Protecting Dreamers and Immigrants Fleeing DisastersJustice and Democracy, Other

202170Protecting the Rights of Workers to OrganizeOther, Justice and Democracy

202162Voting Rights and Democracy ReformsJustice and Democracy

202145Protecting Public Lands and Waters Across the WestPublic Lands/Forests

202117Impeachment for Incitement of InsurrectionJustice and Democracy

202111Certifying Pennsylvania’s Electoral VotesJustice and Democracy

202110Certifying Arizona’s Electoral VotesJustice and Democracy

2020242Phasing Out Harmful Fishing GearOceans, Wildlife

2020203Increasing Funding for Renewable Energy Research & DevelopmentClean Energy, Climate

2020182Protecting the U.S. Postal ServiceJustice and Democracy

20166Pro-Environment Funding PackageOther, Environmental Justice, Water, Dirty Energy, Drilling, Lands/Forests

2020164Slashing EPA FundingOther, Water, Air, Environmental Justice

2020163Blocking Trump’s Inadequate Soot StandardAir, Environmental Justice

2020156Removing Confederate Statues from the U.S. CapitolOth

am oversightHamilton’s relationship with the Heritage Foundation has continued. In March, he participated in a panel discussion on the “Biden border crisis” hosted by Carafano, alongside Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Tom McClintock of California.

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JULY 25, 2023

AUTHOR: JACK JENKINS, RNS

In Targeting Catholic Charities, Republicans Amplify Right-Wing Catholic Fringe

WASHINGTON (RNS) — On Capitol Hill, a handful of Republican lawmakers are threatening to reduce or eliminate funding for Catholic Charities and other faith-based groups who offer aid to immigrants at the Southern border.

The members of Congress, who are echoing the campaigns of deeply conservative Catholic groups that vow to “#defund the bishops,” have already succeeded in inserting their agenda into legislation passed by the House earlier this year. Another attempt to zero-out appropriations for a key Department of Homeland Security program supporting faith-based border efforts is awaiting a vote in Congress.

[Migrants reach through a border wall for clothing handed out by volunteers, as they wait between two border walls to apply for asylum, Friday, May 12, 2023, in San Diego. Hundreds of migrants remain waiting between the two walls, many for days. The U.S. entered a new immigration enforcement era Friday, ending a three-year-old asylum restriction and enacting a set of strict new rules that the Biden administration hopes will stabilize the U.S.-Mexico border and push migrants to apply for protections where they are, skipping the dangerous journey north. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

In December, Republican Rep. Lance Gooden of Texas, who serves on the House Judiciary Committee, penned a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. In the letter, co-signed by Reps. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin and Jake Ellzey of Texas, the lawmakers complained that the Biden administration was “allowing non-governmental organizations … the freedom to aid and abet illegal aliens.” In addition, lawmakers also sent letters to Catholic Charities, Jewish Family Service and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service demanding they preserve documents “related to any expenditures submitted for reimbursement from the federal government related to migrants encountered at the southern border.”

Contacted by Religion News Service at the time, Anthony Granado, vice president of government relations at Catholic Charities USA, said, “We have not seen such a level of direct … attack against Catholic Charities USA.”

In May, when Gooden penned another letter to Mayorkas, this time with Rep. Tom McClintock of California and Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio, they accused the NGOs that use federal funds to aid immigrants of creating an “incentive” for illegal immigration and demanded access to a broad swath of records about DHS funding practices.

Days later, Gooden published an open letter to House colleagues that accused NGOs, including faith-based groups, of abusing their tax-exempt status by “play(ing) a disturbing role in the inflow and spread of illegal immigration throughout the country.”

Gooden, who worships at a Church of Christ congregation, expressed particular frustration with FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program — which is transitioning to an effort titled the Shelter and Services Program — that reimburses NGOs and local governments for offering certain aid to migrants. He singled out a number of faith-based groups in his solo letter, such as Jewish Family Services and LIRS, but criticized Catholic Charities at length.

For his part, Tiffany recently called for Catholic Charities USA to testify before the Judiciary Committee to explain “what they’re doing down on the border to facilitate this illegal immigration,” according to Bloomberg Government.

In a phone interview last week, Lee Williams, chief programs officer for Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, called the lawmakers’ allegations “preposterous” and “dangerous.” He also pointed out that LIRS aids immigrants after they are processed and released from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, work that is funded by private money.

Catholic Charities, for its part, receives ample government funds annually and operates as a network of local charities. In addition to anti-poverty programs, Catholic Charities also works with immigrants — including efforts to offer humanitarian aid to migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border.

It’s work that, not long ago, Republicans in Congress nearly uniformly praised. In 2014, amid a spike in border crossings by unaccompanied minors and mothers traveling with children, a delegation of Republican lawmakers led by talk-show host Glenn Beck visited a Catholic Charities respite center based in a church in McAllen, Texas. Sen. Ted Cruz, East Texas Rep. Randy Weber and then-Rep. Louie Gohmert, among others, toured the center and, in Beck’s case, donated toys to children.

“I want to thank Catholic Charities that are working to care for these children and care for these families,” Cruz told reporters at the time.

Weber was similarly effusive, quoting Scripture while describing the center’s work as a fulfillment of “the church’s role.”

Mistrust of faith groups that work with immigrants, but in particular Catholic Charities, has been growing in right-wing circles since at least February 2022, when CatholicVote, a conservative political group, sued the Biden administration in an effort to acquire copies of “all communications between the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol” and various Catholic bishops and Catholic Charities entities — including the respite center in McAllen.

The antipathy for Catholic Charities came up again last summer, when Michael Voris, founder of the conservative Catholic website Church Militant, interviewed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a self-described Christian nationalist and former Catholic who converted to evangelicalism. Voris, whose organization has referred to Catholic Charities as an “enemy of the people,” complained to Greene about the American bishops supporting immigrant aid through religious agencies such as Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Charities. Greene responded by framing the work as “Satan controlling the church.”

Most recently, in Washington on Thursday (July 20), members of the Deposit of Faith Coalition, a group of activists who object to the direction the U.S. Catholic bishops are taking and accuse them of “standing with Marxists,” called on Congress — and particularly appropriations committees — to stop granting contracts to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Charities.

Addressing the crowd from a podium at the National Press Club that read “#DefundtheBishops,” Sheena Rodriguez, head of Alliance for a Safe Texas, insisted that Catholic Charities was one constellation of groups “incentiviz(ing) mass illegal migration worldwide” and “creating a modern-day slavery scheme.”

The gathering attracted only a small crowd, but their ideas have gained a footing on Capitol Hill. In April, Rodriguez was invited to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on border security, arguing that unaccompanied minors at the border were being mistreated under the Biden administration.

After her testimony, Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, that Rodriguez was among the crowd that surrounded the U.S. Capitol when rioters attacked the building on Jan. 6, 2021, although there is no evidence Rodriguez entered the building that day. She had also taken part in the Christian nationalism-themed Jericho March at the Capitol the day before.

The movement to defund Catholic agencies also found its way into the GOP’s signature border security bill passed in May, known as the Secure the Border Act. It included a provision that would cut all funding to the Shelter Services Program.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opposed the Secure the Border Act for multiple reasons, including how it treats DHS funding streams to NGOs. The bishops sent a letter to lawmakers urging them to vote against it. Sister Donna Markham, a Catholic nun who oversees Catholic Charities USA, also wrote a letter to congressional leadership at the time decrying the proposed cuts, saying they would “dismantle the public-private infrastructure currently in place to manage the humanitarian crisis at the southern border and its impact throughout the country.”

The bill passed the House largely along party lines, with Gooden, Tiffany and Weber all voting in favor.

The bill has little chance of passing the U.S. Senate, where Democrats enjoy a majority, but Gooden’s movement persists: Last month the House Appropriations Committee unveiled a DHS appropriations bill, which, like the border bill, eliminates funding for the Shelter and Services Program.

Markham said in a statement to RNS that the work of respite centers along the U.S.-Mexico border should be uncontroversial and invited members of Congress to tour their facilities.

“This work is humanitarian and motivated by the teachings of the gospels; it is not political, and it should not be controversial,” Markham’s statement read.

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A small group of far right GOP members of Congress were getting some initial praise after announcing they would not be joining Republicans contesting the presidential election – until they released a statement explaining why.

Essentially, the seven lawmakers are explicitly warning their Republican colleagues to not challenge or disrupt the Electoral College, because that is likely the only way America will see another Republican president.

"Republican presidential candidates have won the national popular vote only once in the last 32 years," they freely admit. "They have therefore depended on the electoral college for nearly all presidential victories in the last generation."

"If we perpetuate the notion that Congress may disregard certified electoral votes—based solely on its own assessment that one or more states mishandled the presidential election—we will be delegitimizing the very system that led Donald Trump to victory in 2016, and that could provide the only path to victory in 2024."

In other words, they expect Republicans will continue to lose the national popular vote in presidential elections, and future GOP candidates will have to game the Electoral College to win the White House.

Rutgers Law law professor David Noll called it an "incredible statement."

The seven lawmakers are Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Ken Buck (R-CO), Mike Gallagher (R-WI) Nancy Mace (R-SC), Tom McClintock (R-CA), and Chip Roy (R-TX).

Congressman Roy (photo) may be best known as being the Congressman who in 2019 blocked a 5-month overdue disaster aid relief bill, saying it was "fine" that migrant children were dying at the border. That same year he also broke down, appeared to cry, and yelled during a House hearing, during which he supported the exorbitant and growing prices pharmaceutical companies are charging Americans.

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Early life, education and early political career

McClintock was born in White Plains, New York, and graduated in 1978 from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). At 23, he was elected chair of the Ventura County Republican Party, and served until 1981. He was chief of staff to State Senator Ed Davis from 1980 to 1982. From 1992 to 1994, he served as director of the Center for the California Taxpayer.^[2] He was director of the Claremont Institute's Golden State Center for Policy Studies from 1995 to 1996.^[3]

California politics

California Assembly (1982–1992, 1996–2000)

In 1982, at age 26, McClintock ran for California's 36th State Assembly district, then based in Thousand Oaks, after redistricting. He defeated Democrat Harriet Kosmo Henson 56–44%.^[4] He was reelected in 1984, defeating Tom Jolicoeur 72–28%.^[5] In 1986, he was reelected to a third term, defeating Frank Nekimken 73–25%.^[6] In 1988, he was reelected to a fourth term, defeating George Webb II 70–29%.^[7] In 1990, he was reelected to a fifth term, defeating Ginny Connell 59–36%.^[8]

After running for Congress in 1992 and for controller in 1994, McClintock ran for the Assembly again in 1996. He ran for California's 38th State Assembly district and defeated Democrat Jon Lauritzen 56–40% to win his sixth assembly term.^[9] In 1998, McClintock was reelected to a seventh term unopposed.^[10]

McClintock authored California's lethal injection use for California's death penalty law. He also opposed tax increases and supported spending cuts. He was a strong proponent of abolishing the car tax.^[11][12]

California Senate (2000–2008)

Tom McClintock as a California State Senator

In 2000, McClintock retired from the California Assembly to run for California's 19th State Senate district. He ranked first in the May 7 open primary with 52% of the vote. In November, he defeated Democrat Daniel Gonzalez, 58–42%.^[13] He was reelected in 2004, defeating Paul Joseph Graber, 61–39%.^[14]

In 2008, McClintock voted against Proposition 2, which prohibits confining calves, pigs and hens in small cages in which they cannot extend their limbs. "Farm animals are food, not friends", he said in response to backlash to his vote. He also cited concern about increased grocery bills.^[15] In 2000, he was instrumental in proposing a two-thirds reduction in the vehicle license fee, or car tax. In 2003, he opposed then-Governor Gray Davis's attempt to rescind a rollback of a vehicle license fee.^[16] McClintock has also opposed deficit reduction efforts that would have increased taxes. He supported the Bureaucracy Reduction and Closure Commission and performance-based budgeting.^[17]

Other elections

1994 controller election

Main article: 1994 California State Controller election

McClintock ran for California State Controller after incumbent Gray Davis retired. He won the Republican primary, defeating John Morris, 61–39%.^[18] In the general election, he lost to Kathleen Connell, former Special Assistant to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and Director of L.A. Housing Authority, 48–46%, with three other candidates receiving the other 6% of the vote.^[19]

2002 controller election

Main article: 2002 California State Controller election

McClintock ran for controller again in 2002, facing Democratic nominee Steve Westly, an eBay executive. Westly outspent him 5-to-1. McClintock's campaigns focused on increasing accountability for the state budget. The ads featured the character Angus McClintock, a fictional cousin and fellow Scottish American extolling McClintock's thriftiness and accountability in low-budget 15-second ads. He lost by a margin of just 0.2%, or 16,811 votes, to Westley, who won with a plurality of 45.3% of the vote. Three other candidates received 9.5% of the vote.^[20]

2003 gubernatorial recall election

Main article: 2003 California gubernatorial recall election

In 2003, McClintock ran in the recall election against Davis. Republican and film actor Arnold Schwarzenegger won the election with 49% of the vote. Democratic Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante finished second with 31%. McClintock finished third with 14%. Together, Republicans Schwarzenegger and McClintock were supported by 5,363,778 Californians, or 62.1% of the vote. 132 other candidates received the remaining 6.4%.^[21]

McClintock performed the best in Stanislaus County, where he received 24% of the vote. He also cracked 20% or higher in several other counties: Mariposa (23%), Tuolumne (22%), Tehama (21%), Calaveras (20%), Madera (20%), Modoc (20%), Shasta (20%), San Joaquin (20%), and Ventura (20%).^[22]

2006 lieutenant gubernatorial election

Main article: 2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

McClintock ran for lieutenant governor in 2006. He defeated Tony Farmer in the Republican primary, 94–6%.^[23] In the general election, he lost to Democratic State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, 49–45%.^[24]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

1992

After redistricting, McClintock retired from the Assembly to challenge Democratic U.S. Representative Anthony C. Beilenson in California's 24th congressional district. He won the nine-candidate Republican primary with a plurality of 34% of the vote, beating second-place finisher Sang Korman by 11 points.^[25] Beilenson defeated McClintock, 56–39%.^[26]

2008

Main article: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 4

On March 4, 2008, McClintock announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in California's 4th congressional district, about 300 miles north of the district McClintock represented in the state Senate. The district's nine-term incumbent, John Doolittle, was retiring. McClintock was unable to vote for himself in either the primary or the general election. Although for most of the year he lived in Elk Grove, a suburb of Sacramento within the 3rd district at the time, his legal residence was in Thousand Oaks, within the borders of his state senate district. The California Constitution requires state senators to maintain their legal residence in the district they represent.^[27]

Upon McClintock's entry into the race, fellow Republicans Rico Oller and Eric Egland withdrew from the primary and endorsed him.^[27][28] He was also endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus,^[29] the Club for Growth, and U.S. Representative Ron Paul. McClintock faced former U.S. Representative Doug Ose, a moderate who represented the neighboring 3rd District from 1999 to 2005. Like McClintock, Ose lived outside the district and was painted as a carpetbagger and a liberal who had voted to raise taxes and who voted for earmarks. McClintock defeated Ose, 54–39%.^[30]

The Democratic nominee was retired Air Force Lt. Col. Charlie Brown, who ran an unexpectedly strong race against Doolittle in 2006. In March 2008, Ose's campaign commercials criticized McClintock for receiving over $300,000 in per diem living expenses during his time in the state senate even though he lived in Elk Grove for most of the year. McClintock maintained that the payments were justified because his legal residence was in Thousand Oaks, in his district. He said, "Every legislator's [Sacramento area] residence is close to the Capitol. My residential costs up here are much greater than the average legislator because my family is here."^[31] Ose's campaign commercials argued McClintock did not own or rent a home in the 19th district, but claimed his mother's home in Thousand Oaks as his state senate district residence. These attacks prompted a response from McClintock's wife, Lori, who said McClintock stayed with his mother in order to care for her after she fell ill and after the death of her husband.^[32] McClintock ran ads attacking Brown's participation at a 2005 protest by Code Pink, a prominent antiwar group, and argued Brown supported gay marriage but not the troops in Iraq. He also portrayed Brown as a clone of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.^[12]

By November 23, McClintock led Brown by 1,566 votes (0.4% of the vote), 184,190 to 182,624. Subsequent returns expanded the margin slightly with the last returns coming in from El Dorado County shortly after Thanksgiving. On December 1, McClintock declared victory and Brown conceded on December 3. McClintock defeated Brown by a margin of 0.5%, or 1,800 votes.^[33] He prevailed by a 3,500-vote margin in Placer County, the district's largest county. Brown won three of the district's nine counties: Sierra (49.8%), Plumas (47.9%), and Nevada (42.3%).^[34][35] McClintock won mainly on the coattails from John McCain, who carried the 4th with 54% of the vote, his fifth-best total in the state.

2010

Main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 4

McClintock defeated Michael Babich in the Republican primary, Babich 78–22%.^[36] On November 2, he was reelected, defeating businessman Clint Curtis 61–31% and winning every county in the district.^[37]

2012

Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 4

For his first two terms, McClintock represented a district covering the northeast corner of California, from the eastern suburbs of Sacramento to the Oregon border.

Redistricting after the 2010 census pushed the 4th well to the south. Only three counties remained from the old 4th: Nevada, Placer, and El Dorado. The redrawn district cut out the 4th's share of Sacramento County, including the part of Elk Grove that includes McClintock's home. Elk Grove is now entirely within the borders of the neighboring 7th District, represented by Democrat Ami Bera, making McClintock one of only a few members of Congress who live outside the district they represent. House members are constitutionally required only to live in the state they represent, but longstanding convention holds that they live in or reasonably close to their districts. McClintock said in 2016 that he intended to move his residence inside the redrawn 4th as soon as home prices rebounded enough for him to sell his Elk Grove home.^[38]

The reconfigured 4th was as strongly Republican as its predecessor, and McClintock was reelected to a third term, defeating Democrat Jack Uppal 61–39%. He won all but two of the district's ten counties: Nevada (37%) and Alpine (41%).^[39]

2014

Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 4

McClintock was reelected, finishing first in California's "top two" primary and defeating moderate Republican challenger National Guard Major Art Moore in the general election, 60%–40%.^[40]

2016

Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 4

McClintock again finished first in the primary and defeated Democrat Robert W. Derlet, a physician, environmentalist and retired UC Davis professor, in the general election, 63%–37%.^[41][42]

2018

Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 4

McClintock defeated Democratic challenger Jessica Morse in the general election, receiving 184,401 votes to her 156,253 (54.1% to 45.9%).^[43]

Tenure

During the 112th Congress McClintock was one of 40 members of the Republican Study Committee who frequently voted against Republican Party leadership and vocally expressed displeasure with House bills.^[44] In 2011, he voted against the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 due to a provision that would allow the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial.^[45] McClintock's chief of staff, Igor Birman, was a candidate for Congress in California's 7th congressional district in 2014.

In 2009, McClintock signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any global warming legislation that would raise taxes.^[46]

McClintock voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.^[47] He voted against the first version of the bill, displeased with the removal of deductions related to medical expenses, student loan interest, and casualty loss. Those three items were addressed in the final version of the bill. McClintock said the bill would "restore American workers to an internationally competitive position." He expressed concern about the bill's impact on the budget deficit and anticipated that it would be addressed "by spending reforms this coming year."^[48]

In 2017, McClintock called for special prosecutor Robert Mueller to investigate President Donald Trump. McClintock felt that Trump's firing of James Comey justified a special prosecutor.^[49]

After Trump pulled 1,000 U.S. troops from Kurdish-held territory on the Syrian border south of Turkey in 2019, a bipartisan resolution passed the House, 354–60, that condemned him for abandoning those U.S. allies that would allow the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to reestablish and regroup its forces, and allow the Turks to attack the Kurds. McClintock was one of the two members of California's congressional delegation to vote against it.^[50]

In 2020, McClintock was the sole House Republican to cosponsor the Ending Qualified Immunity Act, which was proposed in response to the murder of George Floyd and resultant widespread protests.^[51] The act was introduced by Justin Amash and Ayanna Pressley and cosponsored by 62 House Democrats in addition to McClintock.^[52] Because Amash was a registered Libertarian as of the act's introduction in June 2020, McClintock's support technically made the act the first tripartisan piece of federal legislation in modern U.S. history.^[53]

As of October 2021, McClintock had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 5% of the time.^[54]

Legislation

McClintock supported the Water Rights Protection Act, a bill that would prevent federal agencies from requiring certain entities to relinquish their water rights to the United States in order to use public lands.^[55] The bill was a reaction to the United States Forest Service's decision to pursue a "new regulation to demand that water rights be transferred to the federal government as a condition for obtaining permits needed to operate 121 ski resorts that cross over federal lands."^[56] McClintock supported the bill, saying that the Forest Service's regulation "illustrates an increasingly hostile attitude by this agency toward those who make productive use of our vast national forests, in this case by enhancing and attracting the tourism upon which our mountain communities depend."^[56]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Congressional Arts Caucus^[57]
Republican Study Committee^[58]
Tea Party Caucus
American Sikh Congressional Caucus
Congressional Constitution Caucus^[59]
**Congressional Western Caucus**^[60]
United States CongressionalInternational Conservation Caucus^[61]
House Freedom Caucus (Formerly)

Political positions

2020 presidential election

In December 2020, McClintock joined 125 other Republican members of Congress in signing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit by the attorney general of the state of Texas that sought to overturn the certified results of the 2020 presidential election in four other U.S. states. The lawsuit was called a "seditious abuse of the judicial process" by the attorney general of Pennsylvania,^[62] and "simply madness" by 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.^[63]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement that called signing the amicus brief an act of "election subversion."^[64][65]

McClintock later became one of seven Republicans who did not support their colleagues' efforts to challenge the results of the election on January 6, 2021. These seven signed a letter that, while giving credence to election fraud allegations Trump made, said Congress did not have the authority to influence the election's outcome.^[66]

McClintock voted against impeaching Trump over his role in inciting the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.^[67]

Animal rights

McClintock has said that "farm animals are food, not friends."^[15]

Cannabis

In 2015, McClintock introduced an amendment to limit the enforcement of federal law in states that have legalized cannabis.^[68] Known as the McClintock–Polis amendment, it failed by a 206–222 vote.^[68] It was reintroduced in 2019 as the Blumenauer–McClintock–Norton amendment and passed 267–165.^[69]

In 2016, McClintock endorsed California's Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act.^[70] He stated: "Our current laws have failed us, and have created a violent and criminal black market that actively and aggressively markets to young people. Legalization takes the criminal profit out of the equation, and allows us to regulate marijuana the same way we currently regulate alcohol."^[71]

In 2020, McClintock was one of five House Republicans to vote for the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act to legalize cannabis at the federal level.^[72][73] In 2021, he was one of four original cosponsors of a Republican-led legalization bill named the States Reform Act.^[74]

COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, McClintock expressed the view that wearing face masks should not be mandatory, and while wearing a mask during congressional sessions, said, "this mask is useless".^[75] During the second impeachment of Donald Trump, McClintock wore a mask that read "This mask is as useless as our governor", referring to Governor Gavin Newsom.^[76][77]

Defense

In September 2021, McClintock was among 75 House Republicans to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, which contains a provision that would require women to be drafted.^[78][79]

Environment

McClintock questions the role that human activity plays in climate change, arguing that the "climate has been changing for four and a half billion years."^[80]

Foreign policy

In 2019, McClintock was one of 60 representatives to vote against condemning Trump's withdrawal from Syria.^[81]

In 2020, McClintock voted against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021, which would prevent the president from withdrawing soldiers from Afghanistan without congressional approval.^[82]

In June 2021, McClintock was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.^[83][84]

In July 2021, McClintock was one of five House Republicans to vote against a bill that allocates $2.1 billion for Afghan visas and Capitol Hill security.^[85]

Human and civil rights

McClintock opposes same-sex marriage. In 2008, he said, "calling a homosexual partnership a marriage doesn't make it one."^[15]

In June 2021, McClintock was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against legislation to establish June 19, or Juneteenth, as a federal holiday.^[86]

Immigration

McClintock voted against the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 which would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes.^[87]

McClintock voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.^[88][89]

McClintock voted against Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158) which effectively prohibits ICE from cooperating with Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs).^[90]

Voting rights

McClintock opposes mail-in voting, saying in 2020 that it was a "corrupted process" that allows ballots to be sent to voters who have died or moved away.^[91]

Personal life

McClintock lives in the Sacramento area and Thousand Oaks.^[92] He was married to Lori McClintock until her death in December 2021, from dehydration due to gastroenteritis caused, according to a coroner's report, by "adverse effects of white mulberry leaf ingestion".^[1][93] McClintock is a Baptist.^[94]

Electoral history

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2018

party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Tom McClintok (incumbent)	184,401	54.1
Democratic	Jessica Morse	156,253	45.9
Total Votes		340,654	100

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Tom McClintockof California's 4th Congressional District is the kind of guy that was still hanging out with right-wing criminal and strange lying machine Dinesh D'Souza. D'Souza is one of those guys that almost makes you feel bad for being a human being.

Thomas McClintock has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 4th district of the State of California, since 2009 (map).

Positions, record and controversies

Spending

McClintock supports implementing a federal spending limit, and reducing wasteful and mismanaged spending from the government. ^[1]

Immigration

To lower the amount of illegal immigration, McClintock supports completing the southern border fence and enforcing current immigration laws more strictly, rather than creating new ones. ^[1]

Wildfires

McClintock believes that allowing forest and land management to be done by local government will help lower the amount of wildfires in California. ^[1]

National Security

McClintock supports fully funding the military as well as returning to Reagan's "peace through strength" idea. ^[1]

Education

For a better education system, McClintock favors allowing local government and communities to make education decisions rather than using a "one size fits all" model. ^[1]

Taxes

McClintock would like the 2003 Bush tax cuts to be permanent, and allow businesses the opportunity to grow. ^[1]

Global Warming

McClintock was a speaker at the Heartland Institute's International Conference on Climate Change (2009) in New York.^[2]

Bio

2008 elections

He won the Republican nomination in the June 2008 primaries and went on to defeat Charlie Brown (D) to replace retiring incumbent Rep. John Doolittle R-Calif.) in the November, 2008 general election.^[3]

Money in politics

Information on this candidate's 2010 fundraising is not yet available.

Committees and affiliations

Committees

McClintock will be assigned committees if and when he is elected to Congress.

Affiliations

More background data

Contact

McClintock for Congress campaign site

McClintock for Congress

1700 Eureka Rd, Suite 170

Roseville, CA 95661

916-783-4411 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 916-783-4411 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Email: mcclintock@tommcclintock.com

Media inquiries

Articles and resources

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Thomas McClintock For Congress>Issues
↑ Thomas McClintock, "Inconvenient Questions", Presentation to the Heartland Institute's 2009 International Conference on Climate Change, Thomas McClintock website, March 9, 2009.(Download video here).
↑ Rachel Kapochunas, [http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002993105 "California Republican Wins Next-to-Last Nov. 4 House Race,"> CQ Politics, December 4, 2008

External resources

2008 Race Tracker page on California's 4th Congressional District

Local blogs and discussion sites

External articles

Presentations by McClintock

Tom McClintock, "Inconvenient Questions", Presentation to the Heartland Institute's International Conference on Climate Change (2009), March 9, 2009. (The video of the presentation can be downloaded here).

General Articles

Skeptic, "Follow The Money: Doolittle, McClintock & Gaines," The Folsom Telegraph (California) blog, October 26, 2008.

2008 elections

Money in politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle	Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
Donor	Amount (US Dollars)
Technical Maintenance Support Inc	$ 15,000
Gerawan Farming	$ 7,500
Occidental Petroleum	$ 7,000
AT&T Inc	$ 6,500
Arcadia Vineyards LLC	$ 5,000
Don Sebastiani & Sons	$ 5,000
Hanson McClain Inc	$ 5,000
Northwest Excavating	$ 5,000
Valero Energy	$ 5,000
Quest Inc	$ 4,900
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site. Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.	Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site. Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Links to more campaign contribution information for Tom McClintock from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.	Links to more campaign contribution information for Tom McClintock from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.	Links to more campaign contribution information for Tom McClintock from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by industry:	2008 election cycle	Career totals

Links to more campaign contribution information for Tom McClintock

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Fundraising profile:

2008 election cycle

Career totals

Top contributors by organization/corporation:

2008 election cycle

Career totals

Top contributors by industry:

2008 election cycle

Career totals

Revolving door profile for Tom McClintock from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
2006 privately funded travel profile for Tom McClintock from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
Personal finance profile for Tom McClintock from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and affiliations

Committees

House Committee on Education and Labor
- Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education
- Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions

House Committee on Natural Resources
- Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
- Subcommittee on Water and Power

Affiliations

August 17, 2013 |

1. GOP Congressman: Multiculturalism is bad. There is “an American race.”

At a townhall meeting in El Dorado Hills, California, Rep. Tom McClintock enlightened attendees about his views on immigration reform. He suggested that immigrants need to shed their own culture and become something he termed the "American race” then added that if they can’t do that they should just go home. “There’s only one race here: it’s the American race,” he said.

Later, a Latino man who had been in the audience challenged McClintock’s view, saying that people who bring different cultures and personalities to this country is in fact what makes it both great and strong. So McClintock took it a step further: Multiculturalists want to “divide America into warring factions separated by culture, by language, by attitude,” he told the man.

Suggestion to McClintock: Read a history book! Diversify your friend pool. Something.

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Early life, education and early political career

California politics

California Assembly (1982–1992, 1996–2000)

California Senate (2000–2008)

Other elections

1994 controller election

2002 controller election

2003 gubernatorial recall election

2006 lieutenant gubernatorial election

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

1992

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

Tenure

Legislation

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Political positions

2020 presidential election

Animal rights

Cannabis

COVID-19

Defense

Environment

Foreign policy

Human and civil rights

Immigration

Voting rights

Personal life

Electoral history

Positions, record and controversies

Spending

Immigration

Wildfires

National Security

Education

Taxes

Global Warming

Bio

2008 elections

Money in politics

Committees and affiliations

Committees

Affiliations

More background data

Contact

Media inquiries

Articles and resources

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Sources

External resources

Local blogs and discussion sites

External articles

Presentations by McClintock

General Articles

2008 elections

Money in politics

Committees and affiliations

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