Mark Levin

[[File:Mark Levin by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Satanic Billy Joel and Mark "Why do liberals hate profit?" Levin]]
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'''Mark Levin''' {{lived|1957}} is an [[United States|American]] [[author]], lawyer, [[right wing]] hate [[radio]] personality and colossal blowhard. Levin was born in Philadelphia to a [[Judaism|Jewish]] family and his father was also an author, Jack Levin. 

He maintains an extreme [[right wing]] [[originalism|strict constructionist]] viewpoint and says a lot of stupid things.<ref>For example, [https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2019/07/10/mark-levin-absurdly-claims-three-fifths-compromise-constitution-had-nothing-do-slavery-or-white/224170 Mark Levin absurdly claims that the three-fifths compromise in the Constitution had nothing to do with slavery or white supremacy.] Media Matters, 10 July 2019.</ref> His syndicated radio show blankets the United States on several hundred radio stations and on November 16, 2018, he was inducted into the {{wpl|National Radio Hall of Fame||.}} He worked in [[Ronald Reagan]]'s administration and was chief of staff for Attorney General [[Edwin Meese]].

Levin likes to rant against "activist judges" and "big government" and to call people he opposes "morons" and "pukes" usually while screaming into the microphone.<ref>Alasdair Denvil, [https://archive.is/BUUhX 5 Kinds of Political Name-Calling We Should Recognize This Election Cycle.] The Blaze, 2 February 2016.</ref><ref>Ian Schwartz, [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/01/03/mark_levin_boehner_is_a_moron.html Mark Levin: Boehner Is A Moron.] Real Clear Politics, 3 January 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/12/07/mark_levin_rips_deranged_moron_chris_matthews_this_is_one_sick_sob.html Mark Levin Rips "Deranged Moron" Chris Matthews: "This Is One Sick S.O.B."] Real Clear Politics, 7 December 2013.</ref><ref>[http://civildebatepage.blogspot.com/2015/06/name-calling-and-caricature-disgusting.html Name-Calling and Caricature: "Disgusting"]. civildebatepage.blogspot.com, 7 June 2015.</ref>

Levin denies the [[scientific consensus]] on [[climate change]], and in August 2017 he made possibly the most hilarious climate denial argument ever, saying that past [[scientists]] throughout history ("[[Aristotle]], Archimedes, [[Galileo]]…") did not mention global warming so that proves climate change does not exist. Showing the depth of his scientific background, Levin mispronounced Archimedes as if "Archie" were his first name.<ref>[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/31/1694892/-Mark-Levin-just-made-possibly-the-most-hilarious-climate-denial-argument-ever Mark Levin just made possibly the most hilarious climate denial argument ever.] Daily Kos, 31 August 2017.</ref> 

The [[George W. Bush]] administration was too centrist for him. He's also obsessed with what he calls "[[Islamophobia|Islamo-nazis]]". He thought [[Obama]] and the [[Supreme Court]] were conspiring to bring [[Stalin]]ism to the United States. His voice is also somehow more annoying than [[Rush Limbaugh]]'s, resembling that of the cartoon character {{wpl|Master Shake||.}} He shouts down callers who disagree with him, as "[[sheeple|drones]]".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mark+levin+drones Have fun!]</ref> For example, in one notable call in 2014 Levin went off on an [[atheist]] caller about [[separation of church and state]].<ref>Original audio via MofoPolitics YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI4RVoZxgrk here]; [[The Young Turks|Cenk Uygur]]'s commentary about the call [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI4RVoZxgrk here].</ref>

Levin promotes the whacked-out [[conspiracy theory]] that the United States found [[Weapons of Mass Destruction]] (WMD) in [[Iraq]] during the [[Iraq War]], despite admissions by the U.S. government to the contrary; he actually believes that [[Karl Rove]] and the Bush White House covered up the discovery of WMDs for political reasons (WMDs were the primary justification for the US launching the war).<ref>Simon Maloy, [http://www.salon.com/2014/10/21/meet_the_iraq_war_truthers_bush_was_right_on_wmds_but_the_truth_was_covered_up_by_bush/ Meet the Iraq War truthers: Why they're convinced Bush was right on WMD.] Salon, 21 October 2014.</ref><ref>Dana Priest and Walter Pincus, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12115-2004Oct6.html U.S. 'Almost All Wrong' on Weapons; Report on Iraq Contradicts Bush Administration Claims.] ''The Washington Post,'' 7 October 2004.</ref>

Levin called presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]] a "[[radical]] [[kook]]" for saying that WMDs were not found in Iraq.<ref>[http://www.marklevinshow.com/2016/02/15/february-15-2016/ The Mark Levin Show summary] from 15 February 2016.</ref>{{efn|{{cquote|The fact that [Trump] attacked George Bush as a commander in chief, not because he disagreed with him, but he attacked him as a liar who knew there were not weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and said he was responsible for [[9/11]] and he was responsible for those towers coming down. Ladies and gentlemen, that's why I posted on my [[Facebook]], this guy sounds like {{wpl|Code Pink}}. Sounds like a radical kook. All the rest aside, all of it aside, I know too many gold star families who lost sons over there to hear this 9/11 truther crap, which is pretty close to it. Pretty damn close to it.|||Mark Levin<ref>[https://archive.is/o6e5h Conservative Radio Host Slams Trump on 9/11 Claim; Turning Points: Fighting Parkinson's with Magic & Music; The Newly Released Letters of Pope John Paul II. Aired 8:30-9a ET.] CNN, 17 February 2016.</ref>}}}} However, after Trump was elected [[POTUS|president]], he quickly jumped on the Trump bandwagon.

Levin compared [[same-sex marriage]] to [[incest]] between a father and an adult daughter, and called the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage "a direct assault on our entire American heritage and our constitutional process.”<ref>[http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/02/18/mark-levin-compares-marriage-equality-to-incest/198091 Mark Levin Compares Marriage Equality To Incest, Polygamy, And Drug Use.] Media Matters, 18 February 2014.</ref>
 
Levin has very close ties to the [[wingnut]] [[Media Research Center]], whose "news" division CNSNews.com published an article about him every 2.7 days in 2018. At one point Levin and the MRC had a cross-marketing agreement resulting in Levin heavily promoting them on his radio show.<ref>[http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2019/cnslevin.html The Mark Levin News Service.] ConWebWatch, 18 June 2019.</ref>

Levin is also a blatant racist and xenophobe. On immigration, in Levin's view, the United States is "a nation not of immigrants, we are a nation of citizens” and that many of the problems with immigration stem from "liberals" and the "[[Democratic Party|Democrat [sic] party]]" favoring recent immigrants over "the citizens who have made this country."<ref>Mark Levin Radio Show, 13 January 2016.</ref>

In general, Levin has accused liberals of hating the country and blames them for everything.

==External links==
*[http://www.marklevinshow.com/ The Mark Levin Show]

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