dead at 88, 1st elected in 1973(Nixon years), Alaska GOP Rep Don Young was longest serving member of Congress ever,once held knife to Boehner's throat

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i'd like to think it was real action rather than an act. Don Young was legitimately crazy and carried his knife around and did tricks with it and taught people stuff to do with it, so he liked to use that knife. also, he once strangled a bear!

Sounds like he was on drugs---

 

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Just yesterday was listening to John Boehner’s memoir, in which he tells the legendary story of Don Young pulling a 10-inch knife on him on the House floor after Boehner made a speech against earmarks. Boehner didn't back down, said, “f*** you.” Later, Boehner was Young’s best man.

 

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Sounds like he was on drugs---

Trump doesn't do drugs for example, he is legitimately crazy, unless it's all an act...i hope it's all real, not pro wrestling

 

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"I've been in this House now for 10 years. It's not as long as some of you, but longer than many of you." -- Don Young at start of passionate speech on House floor 1982 amid debate over congressional pay, tax deductions, and outside income:

User Clip: U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), 1982

Young died in 2022 after serving more than 49 years in the House.

www.c-span.org

 

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First, a top-four primary — which I think is just as bad an idea as a top two primary — then the ranked choice election.

ready or not...

Alaska’s first ranked-choice election will be a special vote to replace Rep. Don Young

Dates have not yet been determined for a special primary election and a special general election; the winner would serve until the winner of November’s general election is seated.

www.adn.com

 

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a friend of mine from Alaska sent me this, he was in Young's office

 

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Young told a onetime Democratic challenger that the last person to touch him “ended up on the ground dead"...nice guy lol

 

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he once fell through ice into a frozen lake!

 

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Remember that time when Don Young called Rep. Pramila Jaypal a "young lady" who "doesn't know a damn thing what she's talking about" and accused her of being in a special interest's pocket on the House floor, only to have to come back and apologize publicly?

House Republican causes stir claiming female lawmaker ‘doesn’t know a damn thing’

“You may not know me, young lady. But I’m deeply disturbed,” lawmaker tells colleague.

thehill.com

 

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One of my favorite Don Young stories is that when he became Dean (meaning the longest serving member of the House), Paul Ryan said his duties included swearing-in the speaker and he said "Remember, that’s swearing in the speaker, not swearing at the speaker"

Speaker Ryan honors Young, offers tip: ‘swear in,’ not ‘at’

The U.S. House of Representatives honored – nearly roasted – Congressman Don Young Wednesday for becoming the new “dean of the House.”

www.ktoo.org

 

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Sounds like he was on drugs---

he did support marijuana legalization, one of only 5 in the House, despite being a "macho" republican

GOP Congressman Who Fought For Marijuana Legalization Dies, And Is Honored By Bipartisan Colleagues

Rep. Don Young (R-AK)—a rare example of a pro-legalization Republican congressman, who was one of just five GOP members of the House of Representatives to vote in favor of a bill to end marijuana prohibition—died on Friday. As the longest-serving member of the House and one of four co-chairs of...

www.marijuanamoment.net

 

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"i have exactly one nice thing to say about DonYoung. And that is his deep, vocal homophobia is what led me to my very first protest, at the public library in the late nineties. I hope his style of governance goes out like he did - with hoards of people cheering on it’s demise" - native Alaskan

 

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Don Young and Iowa Sen Grassley were born only about three months apart: Young on June 9, 1933, and Chuck Grassley on September 17, 1933

 

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signed "Don Young: Congressman For All Alaska"

 

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From Cecil Andrus's memoir:

"Fourteen years after the Alaska Lands Act became law, [Don Young] would grumble to an interviewer, 'Jimmy Carter and Cecil Andrus locked up Alaska.' In my ears, those were words of tribute."

 

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Young:

* Wanted ANWR drilled/destroyed
* Wanted 1/4th billion for "bridge to nowhere"
* Called climate change a scam
* Called COVID-19 blown our of proportion (got COVID from not wearing mask)

Quick question... would wearing mask prevent him from getting COVID?

 

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Quick question... would wearing mask prevent him from getting COVID?

i'm not a scientist