Richard Durbin

Richard J. 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 Joseph “Dick” Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is a liberal, pro-abortion Democrat U.S. Senator from Illinois, despite claiming to be pro-life early his political career.[1] From 2007 to 2014, Senator Durbin was the Senate Majority Whip.

Durbin is a wholehearted supporter of the Biden regime's War on Parents.[2]

Durbin voted for the New Jim Crow crime bill that discriminated against African Americans and led to the disproportionate mass incarceration of young black men.[3] 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.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Early life, education
* 2 Political career
* 3 Family
* 4 Interest group ratings
* 5 Controversy
* 6 ACORN
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## Early life, education[edit]

Durbin was born on November 21, 1944 in East St. Louis, Illinois. He graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in 1966 and a J.D. in 1969.

## Political career[edit]

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[edit]

Senator Durbin is married to Loretta Schaefer Durbin. They have three children and one grandchild.

## Interest group ratings[edit]

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[edit]

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.[5]

> "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[edit]

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 [6]

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," [7]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Chretien, Claire (March 2, 2018). Bishop Paprocki: ‘Shameful’ that Georgetown honored pro-abortion Catholic senator. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
2. ↑ https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-durbin-praises-garland-fbi-parents-school-board-meetings/
3. ↑ August 21, 1994. FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 416. clerk.house.gov. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
4. ↑ https://youtu.be/dqlltlgltZ8
5. ↑ Durbin Apologizes for Nazi, Gulag, Pol Pot Remarks, Sharon Kehnemui Liss, Fox News, June 22, 2005
6. ↑ Senate denies ACORN funding, Politico, September 14, 2009
7. ↑ ALG Condemns 7 Senators,Politico Mafioso, September 16, 2009

## External links[edit]

* 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

v • d • e

Democrat Establishment

Groups|

Blue Dog Coalition • DCCC • DNC • DSCC • New Democrat Coalition • Senate Democratic Caucus •

Agenda|

Anti-Trump • Big government • Censorship • Critical Race Theory • Defund the Police • Democratic plantation • Elitism • Infanticide • Leftism • Open borders • Progressivism • Spending bills • Transgenderism

Tactics|

Bait and switch • Demonization • Liberal deceit • Liberal media bias • Liberal propaganda • Political correctness • Russia collusion hoax • Voter fraud

Historical Figures|

Stephen Douglas • Boss Tweed • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Lyndon B. Johnson • Richard Russell, Jr. • J. William Fulbright • Robert Byrd

Leaders|

Cheri Bustos • James Clyburn • Catherine Cortez Masto • Richard Durbin • Marc Elias • Steny Hoyer • Ben Ray Luján • Jerrold Nadler • Nancy Pelosi • Gary Peters • Adam Schiff • Charles Schumer • Jon Tester • Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Puppets|

Cindy Axne • Barbara Bollier • Anthony Brindisi • Steve Bullock • Lou Correa • T.J. Cox • Cal Cunningham • Joe Cunningham • Sharice Davids • Abby Finkenauer • Elizabeth P. Fletcher • Sara Gideon • Jared Golden • Al Gross • Josh Harder • Jaime Harrison • MJ Hegar • John Hickenlooper • Kendra Horn • Chrissy Houlahan • Conor Lamb • Elaine Luria • Mark E. Kelly • Andy Kim • Tom Malinowski • Ben McAdams • Lucy McBath • Amy McGrath • Debbie Mucarsel-Powell • Jon Ossoff • Chris Pappas • Max Rose • Harley Rouda • Elissa Slotkin • Abigail Spanberger • Haley Stevens • Xochitl Torres Small • Raphael Warnock • Jennifer Wexton

Allies|

Lamestream media • Democratic Socialists of America • CCP • Ghislaine Maxwell • Organizing for America • Thousand Currents • Chris Wallace • United Front Work Department

Historical opponents|

Andrew Jackson • George McGovern • Huey Long

Far-left opponents|

Jamaal Bowman • Cori Bush • Pramila Jayapal • Barbara Lee • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez • Ilhan Omar • Ayanna Pressley • Bernie Sanders • Rashida Tlaib

v • d • e

Liberal Characteristics and Traits

Ideology|

Atheism • Evolutionism • Eugenics • Globalism • Global warming alarmism • Hollywood values • Moral relativism • New age movement • Open borders • Population control • Postmodernism • Professor values • Scientology • Socialism • Transgenderism • Values • Wicca

Policy|

Abortion • Birth control • Affirmative action • Election fraud • Gun control • Homosexual agenda • Income redistribution • March through the institutions • Nanny State • Nationalization • Obamacare • Politically correct • Prayer censorship • Social Justice • Statism

Tools|

Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" • Biased grading • Brainwashing • Cancel culture • Censorship • Cloward and Piven Strategy • Critical race theory • DARVO • Fake news • Hate speech • Judicial activism • Judicial supremacy • Lies • Liberal intolerance • Liberal logic • Mainstream Media • Myths • Network abuse • Obfuscation • Pay to play • Rectification • Redefinition • Revisionism • Scientific fascism • Slander • Traps • Tricks • Vandalism • Video game industry

Traits|

Anti-Asian hate crime • Arrogance • Bias • Bigotry • Bullying • Class warfare • Cronyism • Deceit • Double standard • Denial • Hypocrisy • Journalistic malpractice • Propaganda • Race baiting • Stupidity • Style • Systemic racism •Troll • Uncharitableness • Virtue signalling • Whining

Other|

Democrat plantation • Green New Deal • Labor Unions • Liberals and friendship • Media elite • George Soros • Liberal quotient • Nihilism • Pornography • Public schools • 1619 Project