The Tennessee state rep. who proposed the idea once mistook a piece from the Onion as an actual news story
Guess freedom of the press is what Donald Trump says it is. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images For the most part, I apply what I call a “Random Wingnut Legislator” Rule to resist the temptation to draw attention to every ridiculous thing conservative state legislators do or propose on any given day. There are wingnuts all over the political spectrum, so treating any one or two or three as representative can be unfair and, for that matter, lazy.
As The Guardian reports, the resolution was sponsored by state representative Micah Van Huss of Jonesborough. As the “whereas” clauses in his resolution indicate, he became agitated by a Washington Post column and a CNN segment during the fall, suggesting cultish behavior among Trump supporters:
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