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| − | '''Richard J. (Dick) Durbin''' is a [[liberal]], [[pro-abort]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Illinois]], despite claiming to be [[pro-life]] early his political career. Senator Durbin was born on November 21, 1944 in [[East St. Louis]], [[Illinois]]. | + | '''Richard J. (Dick) Durbin''' is a [[liberal]], [[pro-abort]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Illinois]], despite claiming to be [[pro-life]] early his political career. Senator Durbin was born on November 21, 1944 in [[East St. Louis]], [[Illinois]]. From 2007 to 2014, Senator Durbin was the Senate Majority Whip. |
| − | ==Education and | + | Durbin voted for the [[New Jim Crow]] crime bill that discriminated against [[African American]]s and led to th edisproportionate mass incarceration of young black men. The bill was sponsored by Democrat [[segregation]]ist [[Joe Biden]]. During the debate on police reform and the [[communist]] sponsored [[Defund the Police]] movement, Durbin used [[racist]] dog whistle language on the Senate floor, attacking Sen. [[Tim Scott]] by implying Scott's proposals was a "token" response.<ref>https://youtu.be/dqlltlgltZ8</ref> |
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Durbin graduated from [[Georgetown University]] with a B.S. in 1966 and a J.D. in 1969. Durbin was an attorney. He was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 1996 and re-elected in 2002. In 2004, Durbin was elected as Minority Whip. In December 2006 Senator Durbin was elected by his fellow Democratic senators to the post of Assistant Majority Leader, also known as Majority Whip. | Durbin graduated from [[Georgetown University]] with a B.S. in 1966 and a J.D. in 1969. Durbin was an attorney. He was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 1996 and re-elected in 2002. In 2004, Durbin was elected as Minority Whip. In December 2006 Senator Durbin was elected by his fellow Democratic senators to the post of Assistant Majority Leader, also known as Majority Whip. | ||
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Revision as of 20:15, November 22, 2020
| Richard Durbin | |||
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| Senate Minority Whip From: January 3, 2015 – present | |||
| Predecessor | John Cornyn | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| Senior U.S. Senator from Illinois From: January 7, 1997 – present | |||
| Predecessor | Paul Simon | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| Former U.S. Representative from Illinois's 20th Congressional District From: January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 | |||
| Predecessor | Paul Findley | ||
| Successor | John Shimkus | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Loretta Schaefer Durbin | ||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||
Richard J. (Dick) Durbin is a liberal, pro-abort Democratic U.S. Senator from Illinois, despite claiming to be pro-life early his political career. Senator Durbin was born on November 21, 1944 in East St. Louis, Illinois. From 2007 to 2014, Senator Durbin was the Senate Majority Whip.
Durbin voted for the New Jim Crow crime bill that discriminated against African Americans and led to th edisproportionate mass incarceration of young black men. The bill was sponsored by Democrat segregationist Joe Biden. During the debate on police reform and the communist sponsored Defund the Police movement, Durbin used racist dog whistle language on the Senate floor, attacking Sen. Tim Scott by implying Scott's proposals was a "token" response.[1]
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Education and career
Durbin graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in 1966 and a J.D. in 1969. Durbin was an attorney. He was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 1996 and re-elected in 2002. In 2004, Durbin was elected as Minority Whip. In December 2006 Senator Durbin was elected by his fellow Democratic senators to the post of Assistant Majority Leader, also known as Majority Whip.
Family
Senator Durbin is married to Loretta Schaefer Durbin. They have three children and one grandchild.
Interest group ratings
Based on the ratings from interest groups, Dick Durbin has a very liberal platform.
- Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating an anti-life voting record
- Rated 4% from Citizens Against Government Waste
- Rated 60% by the ACLU
- Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record.
- Rated F by the NRA, indicating an anti-2nd Amendment Rights voting record.
- Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record.
- Rated 14% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes.
Controversy
Senator Durbin made a statement In 2005 morally equating U.S. treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, (zero killed, a few died of suicide) with prisoner treatment by Pol Pot (200,000 killed, 1,500,000 died). He later apologized for his comments.[2]
"If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings."
ACORN
After countless stories of election fraud by the group ACORN, Dick Durbin was one of seven Democrats that voted to continue funding ACORN. The vote failed and ACORN was stripped of funding in the Senate [3]
Bill Wilson of Americans for Limited Government said, "The ACORN Housing Corporation has long been pushing the very loose-lending policies that helped destroy the housing industry. And now it has been exposed for working with prostitutes, as well. Yet, these seven Senators [Durbin] have knowingly voted to keep sending taxpayer money to a highly corrupt organization of pushers and pimps," [4]
Sources
References
External links
- Official U.S. Senate Website
- Durbin Compares U.S. Troops to Nazis, Soviets, & Pol Pot, [1]
- What Liberals Say - Dick Durbin, Accuracy In Media
- Durbin's Position On the Issues
- Voting record
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