Pat Toomey

[[File:Pat Toomey, Official Portrait, 112th Congress.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Pat Toomey, official 2011 Congress portrait.]]{{uspolitics}}
'''Patrick J. "Pat" Toomey''' {{lived|1961}} was a [[wingnut]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] Representative from [[Pennsylvania]] who got promoted to the [[US Senate|Senate]] in 2011 (and is still a wingnut). 

He is staunchly [[anti-abortion]], anti-[[tax]], anti-[[gay]], [[anti-science]], and [[anti-environmentalism|anti-environmental]] positions. He supported [[Constitution|Constitutional]] amendments banning [[gay marriage]] and [[Flag police|flag burning]]. He received an impressive 0% rating from the League of Conservation Voters and 13% from the [[ACLU]].<ref>[http://www.ontheissues.org/PA/Pat_Toomey.htm Toomey on the issues]</ref> He trumpeted millions he had gotten in [[earmarks]] as a Representative and [[Hypocrisy|then signed a "No Pork pledge" during his Senate campaign]]. He has spoken at [[Tea Party]] rallies and voiced support for the movement but declined to join the Teabaggers' Senate caucus. Oh yeah, and he's a [[chickenhawk]], of course. 

==Stopped clock==
His [[stopped clock]] moment came when he co-wrote the Manchin-Toomey [[gun control|background check]] bill with [[Democrat]] [[Joe Manchin]]. A second one came when he voted in favor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that would ban [[discrimination]] in hiring based on [[sexual orientation]]. A third one came when he was one of the first Republican Senators to take a stand against [[Donald Trump]]'s baseless claims that he won the [[2020 U.S. presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/11/22/937729179/pennsylvania-gop-sen-toomey-says-trump-should-accept-election-loss Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Toomey Says Trump Should Accept Election Loss]</ref> He even voted to convict Trump during the second impeachment trial, but whether that was because he genuinely thought that it would be best for the GOP to reject Trump in spite of potentially losing GOP voters, or if he only did it to save his legacy as he was planning on retiring in 2022 anyway, is up for debate. Considering his support of numerous Trump endorsees, including [[Mehmet Oz]], it seems the latter is more likely.

==Toomey's greatest hits==
*Toomey posted a letter on his [[Facebook]] account declaring that it would be "horrible" to [[tax]] banker bonuses in 2008 during the [[banking crisis]].
*"It is true that the differences in income between top earners and the lowest earners have widened in recent decades. [[Cognitive dissonance|But the importance of this statistic has been wildly exaggerated]]." 
*Banning credit card companies from arbitrarily raising rates "is a [[Irony|fundamental infringement on the free market reality]]".
*Said, "I've advocated for a long time that the best way to approach citizen campaign finance is to allow [[Citizens United|unlimited contributions]] and require immediate disclosure," then accepted money from [[Club for Growth]] which doesn't disclose donors.
*Voted to allow people to [[Discrimination|discriminate]] based on [[religion]] in housing and employment.
*Member of the "[[Michele Bachmann|Bachmann 5]]".
*Even [[Rick Santorum]] thought he was "too conservative for Pennsylvania".
*"There is much [[Bullshit|debate in the scientific community]] as to the precise sources of [[global warming]]."
*Claimed to be "center-right", then said he would jail doctors for performing [[abortion]]s.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz6hue0TNPU&feature=youtu.be Toomey on abortion]</ref>

==External links==
*[http://archives.citypaper.net/articles/2010/10/28/66-reasons-not-to-vote-for-pat-toomey 66 Reasons Not to Vote for Pat Toomey], his greatest hits and more.

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