Joe.My.God. LGBT News
Roll Call reports:
Oklahoma Sen. James M. Inhofe said Friday he would resign from the Senate next year, prompting a scramble to fill the seat in a solidly red state ahead of a June 28 primary.
Inhofe, 87, made the announcement to supporters in the Oklahoma History Center by phone because he has a mild case of COVID-19. The phone was in front of a microphone on a lectern as his chief of staff — whom the senator wants to be his successor — stood by.
“I will be leaving the United States Senate on the third of January,” Inhofe said. “Nothing is going to change, as far as I’m concerned, until almost a year from now.” Inhofe endorsed Luke Holland, his chief of staff, saying he was a “good friend.”
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From my report yesterday:
Inhofe has voted against every LGBT rights measure to come before him in the Senate.
He has campaigned on the basis of his anti-gay animus, once superimposing same-sex wedding cake figures over his challenger’s face.
In 1994, his campaign slogan underscored his three top policy issues: “God, guns, gays.”
He is likely most infamous for bringing a snowball onto the Senate floor as evidence that climate change does not exist.
It is bittersweet, but with a clear heart, that Kay and I announce that at the end of the year, I will retire from the United States Senate.
My full statement below. pic.twitter.com/nEDbmJJjEQ
— Sen. Jim Inhofe (@JimInhofe) February 25, 2022
US Sen. Jim Inhofe has COVID-19; makes retirement announcement via speakerphone https://t.co/7kUxdtsOfJ
— koconews (@koconews) February 25, 2022