Rick Brattin @RickBrattin
Socialism, identity politics, antifa, anti-whiteness, vilification of the nuclear family, gender confusion….these are all symptoms of American Communism, a deliberate effort to destroy America from within as recorded in the halls of Congress.
[….] 8:29 PM · Mar 2, 2022
General Jack D. Ripper: ….I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids….
You’re way behind the curve, Rick. Try to keep up.
Thank you to everyone who turned out for today’s press conference announcing my candidacy for U.S. Congress in the Fourth Congressional District.
Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi are trying to adopt socialist policies that would lead to the decline of America. In less than a year, they have done so much that has weakened our country, and I truly fear that if they are not stopped our children and grandchildren will not have the same freedom to pursue the American Dream that we have enjoyed.
I am running for Congress because I believe we need to elect conservatives who will stand up and put America First. We need to secure our border, hold China accountable for dishonest trade practices – including outright theft of American intellectual property – and for their cyber warfare against our nation, and stop liberals from using CRT and other ‘woke’ policies to brainwash our children into hating America. This is the greatest country in the world, and it is worth fighting like heck to save.
The heck you say.
By the way, Rick, what is CRT? Have you identified a single school district in Missouri where this CRT indoctrination is taking place?
JEFFERSON CITY — Sen. Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville, sent a letter to the governor this week urging him to call an extraordinary session of the Missouri Senate and House to consider legislation to protect Missourians from COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
“It’s become clear that some businesses and institutions around this state are dead set on forcing the vaccine on Missourians against their will,” Sen. Brattin said. “The people of Missouri can and should decide for themselves if taking a drug that even the FDA hasn’t fully approved is what is best for them and their families. Employers shouldn’t make that decision, nor should big business, and certainly not politicians.”
The letter comes in response to a number of health care facilities and other businesses forcing workers to be vaccinated by a specified date or be fired from their jobs. Senator Brattin was joined by several of his colleagues in the Senate, who also signed the letter, asking the governor to “call an extraordinary session at your earliest convenience so the General Assembly can take any and all appropriate steps to protect Missouri workers from vaccine mandates.”
“Forcing anyone to take an experimental drug is wrong. It violates some our most basic rights as Americans and Missourians,” Sen. Brattin said. “We need to do something about it, and we need to do it now before people are forced out of their jobs. It’s our job as the elected representatives of the people to safeguard the freedom and liberty of the people we work for, and I can’t think of anything more urgent and important than protecting them from forced vaccination.”
Senator Brattin represents the 31st Senatorial District, covering Barton, Bates, Cass, Henry and Vernon counties. Senator Brattin resides in Harrisonville [….]
Rep. Tony Lovasco (MO-64) @tonylovasco
I happen to disagree with them on this issue, but this is a ridiculous and unproductive comment.
Maybe try rebutting their points rather than attacking an entire group of people.
If you really want more Republicans to change their tune on vaccines, this is not helping. 9:35 PM · Aug 4, 2021
Representative Tony Lovasco, a Republican, represents St. Charles and Lincoln Counties (District 64) in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was elected to his first two-year term in November 2018.
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“…If you really want more Republicans to change their tune on vaccines, this is not helping.”
Science and math hasn’t worked. Neither has objective reality nor empathy. What will it take? An engraved invitation? Flowery language? Just asking. It’s your party. A lot of people are dying.
Representative Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].
In 2013, for right wingnuts, it was all about the mythical “War on Christmas”:
97th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session HB 278
Prohibits any state or local governmental entity; public building, park, or school; or public setting or place from banning or restricting the practice, mention, celebration, or discussion of any federal holiday
Sponsor: Brattin, Rick (055)
Co-Sponsor: Riddle, Jeanie (049) … et al.
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2013
LR Number: 0507L.02T
Governor Action: 07/01/2013 – Vetoed by Governor (G)
Governor’s Veto Letter
Last Action: 09/11/2013 – Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
Bill String: HB 278
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar
1/23/2013 H 181 Introduced and Read First Time (H)
1/24/2013 H 192 Read Second Time (H)
1/31/2013 H 242 Referred: Downsizing State Government(H)
2/07/2013 Public Hearing Completed (H)
2/14/2013 Executive Session Completed (H)
2/14/2013 Voted Do Pass (H)
3/07/2013 Executive Session Completed (H)
3/07/2013 Voted Do Pass – Consent (H)
3/13/2013 H 619 Reported Do Pass – Consent (H)
3/13/2013 H 619 Referred: Rules(H)
3/14/2013 Rules – Executive Session Completed (H)
3/14/2013 Rules – Voted Do Pass – Consent (H)
3/14/2013 H 634 Rules – Reported Do Pass – Consent (H)
3/28/2013 H 768 Perfected by Consent – Pursuant to House Rules (H)
4/02/2013 H 791 Taken Up for Third Reading (H)
4/02/2013 H 792 – 793 Third Read and Passed (H) – AYES: 114 NOES: 32 PRESENT: 0
4/02/2013 S 625 Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)
4/04/2013 S 669 Second read and referred: Senate General Laws(S)
4/11/2013 Public Hearing Scheduled (S) – TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013, 1:30PM,SCR1
4/16/2013 Public Hearing Held (S)
4/16/2013 Executive Session Held (S) – Voted Do Pass
5/08/2013 S 1514 Reported Do Pass (S)
5/13/2013 S 1645 Placed on Informal Calendar
5/17/2013 S 2412 Taken Up for Third Reading (S)
5/17/2013 H 3300 Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed – AYES: 28 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0
5/22/2013 H 3330 Signed by House Speaker(H)
5/22/2013 S 2435 Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
5/22/2013 H 3330 Delivered to Governor
7/01/2013 H 12 Vetoed by Governor (G)
7/01/2013 H 12 Vetoed by Governor (G)
7/01/2013 H 12 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
7/01/2013 H 12 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
9/11/2013 H 25 – 26 House Votes to Override Veto (H) – AYES: 114 NOES: 45 PRESENT: 0
9/11/2013 H 25 – 26 House Votes to Override Veto (H) – AYES: 114 NOES: 45 PRESENT: 0
9/11/2013 S 23 – 24 House Message (H)
9/11/2013 S 26 – 27 Senate Votes to Override Veto (S) – AYES: 26 NOES: 8 PRESENT: 0
9/11/2013 H 35 Senate Message (S)
9/11/2013 H 35 Senate Message (S)
9/11/2013 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB 278 — FEDERAL HOLIDAYS
(Vetoed by the Governor–Overriden by the General Assembly)
This bill prohibits any state or local governmental entity; public building, park, or school; or public setting or place from banning or restricting the practice, mention, celebration, or discussion of any federal holiday.
“…’but we didn’t know that the leopards would eat people,’ said the people who voted for the Leopards Eating People Party…”
Rep. Rick Brattin (r) [2018 file photo – Jerry Schmidt].
A bill, introduced on January 3, 2018:
HB 1909
Requires candidates in political subdivision and special district elections to declare a political party.
Sponsor: Brattin, Rick (055)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2018
LR Number: 4953H.01I
Last Action: 01/04/2018 – Read Second Time (H)
Bill String: HB 1909
Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
[….]
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BRATTIN. 4953H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 115.124, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to elections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 115.124, RSMo, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 115.124 and 115.354, to read as follows:
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115.354. In any declaration of candidacy for an office in a political subdivision or special district, a candidate shall declare an affiliation with a political party, as defined in section 115.013.
Hmmm. Does this mean there would no longer be “stealth’ ideologues running for office in population centers under 1000 people? Just asking.
Representative Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].
A bill on higher education prefiled yesterday by Representative Rick Brattin (r):
HB 1474
Eliminates tenure for new employees at public institutions of higher education and specifies information that public institutions of higher education must make available to the public
Sponsor: Brattin, Rick (055)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2018
LR Number: 4356H.01I
Last Action: 12/05/2017 – Prefiled (H)
Bill String: HB 1474
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Some of the text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1474
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BRATTIN. 4356H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk AN ACT
To repeal section 173.1004, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to public institutions of higher education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 173.1004, RSMo, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu 2 thereof, to be known as sections 173.940 and 173.1004, to read as follows: 173.940. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no public institution of higher education in this state shall award tenure to any person who is hired by such institution for the first time on or after January 1, 2019. The provisions of this section shall not apply to employees hired prior to January 1, 2019.
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Why, this seems rather punitive in nature.
It appears that any understanding of the concept of faculty tenure and the implications for faculty recruitment and shared governance escape the representative. He should, perhaps, bother to ask someone who does.
[….] Rep. Brattin is a 1999 graduate of Lee’s Summit High School.
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Senator Roy Blunt (r) wasn’t too concerned about any Missourian’s privacy when he voted earlier this week to allow Internet companies to sell our browsing histories:
On the Joint Resolution: S.J. Res. 34; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services”.
Question: On the Joint Resolution (S.J. Res. 34 )
Vote Number: 94
Vote Date: March 23, 2017, 12:25 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Vote Counts:
YEAs 50
NAYs 48
Not Voting 2
[….] Blunt (R-MO), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
[….]
Thanks for nothing, Roy.
Today the House Third Read and Passed HB 151, trying to fix the state’s REAL ID mess caused by a previous right wingnut controlled session of the General Assembly.
Rick Brattin (r) submitted an amendment which wasn’t considered:
….This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Show-Me Your Papers Act”…
Robert Ross (r) submitted an amendment which was defeated:
“115.016 Any elected official who votes or takes an action to support a measure seeking compliance with the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 shall display, in a prominent location, in bold font with a text height not less than one-tenth of the article being circulated, at each and every election the member files for after the affirmative vote or action, the following description of his or her allegiance:
I WOULD RATHER KNEEL TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAN STAND STRONG PROTECTING MY CONSTITUENTS’ RIGHT TO PRIVACY”….
Joe Don McGaugh (r) submitted an amendment which wasn’t considered:
…Any elected official who votes or takes an action against a measure seeking compliance with the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 shall display, in prominent location, in bold font with a text height not less than one-tenth of the article being posted, at each and every airport in the state, the elected official’s office and home phone number…
I bet they’d all love to get those phone calls starting in January 2018.
Republicans making noise about protecting our right to privacy? That’s a laugh.
Ashley Beard-Fosnow (D) is the Democratic Party candidate challenging incumbent Rick Brattin (r) in the 55th Legisltive District.
Grassroots campaigns aren’t so much about flooding the district with costly mailers and ads, but they are about speaking with and connecting with voters.
An unresponsive incumbent with a single large dollar donor can be vulnerable to a grassroots campaign. A challenger knocking on 9,000 doors (to date) in the district and attending one event after another has a good start toward unseating an incumbent.
Yesterday we attended a meet and greet event for Ashley Beard-Fosnow (D) held at the home of a supporter in Raymore.
Ashley Beard-Fosnow, the Democratic Party candidate in the 55th Legislative District – Raymore, Missouri – September 25, 2016.
Ms. Beard-Fosnow greeted everyone as they entered, spoke with small groups of individuals, briefly addressed those in attendance about her background and goals in her campaign, and then spent a considerable amount of time taking questions and listening.
The conversation included education and schools, infrastructure needs – not “kicking the can” of pressing road and bridge maintenance down the road, and economic development.
Events like these, with substantive interaction with a candidate, is one of many ways that candidate can engage others to speak on their behalf to their friends and neighbors in the district.
That’s a much more Democratic way to reach voters than a single $50,000.00 check from a wealthy individual who doesn’t live in the district.
This is what happens when credible and hard working Democratic Party candidates run for office.
Ashley Beard-Fosnow, the Democratic Party candidate in the 55th Legislative District [2015 file photo].
That could be an interesting conversation – “He fears me more than he likes you.”
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for incumbent Rick Brattin’s (r) campaign in the 55th Legislative District:
C101084 08/27/2016 FRIENDS OF RICK BRATTIN David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Building Products Executive 8/27/2016 $50,000.00
[emphasis added]
Doesn’t live in the district, can’t vote for the candidate.
Again, why would a very wealthy republican from Joplin care enough to drop $50,000.00 on the race in a “safe” legislative district in west central Missouri. Unless, of course, someone was worried about having enough votes for “right to get paid less” in the future.
That’s a hell of a lot of money from one person for a legislative district race. Does the incumbent republican really need the help?:
C101084: Friends Of Rick Brattin
Committee Type: Candidate
Party Affiliation: Republican
Raymore Mo 64083
Established Date: 03/04/2010
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Information Reported On: 2016 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/2/2016
Beginning Money on Hand $6,299.48
Monetary Receipts + $750.00
Monetary Expenditures – $358.79
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $391.21
Ending Money On Hand $6,690.69
[emphasis added]
That inspires confidence. Not. Yep, someone needed some serious propping up.
The same report for Ashley Beard-Fosnow (D):
C151120: Beard-Fosnow For House Of Representatives
Committee Type: Candidate
Party Affiliation: Democrat
905 Eve Orchid Drive Greenwood Mo 64034
Established Date: 06/22/2015
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/2/2016
Beginning Money on Hand $32,178.08
Monetary Receipts + $1,734.00
Monetary Expenditures – $2,485.32
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($751.32)
Ending Money On Hand $31,426.76
[emphasis added]
Representative Rick Brattin (R) on the House floor [2013 file photo].
That’s House Amendment 4 to House Committee Substitute for Senate Substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 663. You got that? The open season part is that the Missouri House voted this afternoon to approve a “stand your ground” law in Missouri. On the same day George Zimmerman put the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin up for auction.
The handler for the amendment on the House floor was Representative Rick Brattin (r).
Representative Rick Brattin (r) – May 12, 2016.
Go figure.
Representative Gina Mitten (D) engaged Representative Brattin (r) in debate:
Representative Gina Mitten (D) – May 12, 2016.
Representative Mitten ran circles around him. One could say that she engaged in a battle of wits with an unarmed man, but that would be too painfully ironic.
The amendment passed by voice vote. The bill was third read and passed 107-43.
![Ashley Beard-Fosnow, the Democratic Party candidate in the 55th Legislative District [2015 file photo].](https://i0.wp.com/showmeprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9862x6.jpg?ssl=1)
