6 Nutjob Right-Wing Moments This Week: GOP Senator Outdoes Ayn Rand

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1. New GOP Senator: Food workers must be free not to wash their hands!

Amongst the outstanding freshman class of Senators is one Thom Tillis, a Republican who bills himself as a "free market conservative" from the great state of North Carolina. He thinks health and hygiene laws are a little overblown and are a good example of government over-reach. He told a story this week during a speech at the Bipartisan Policy Center about how he was having latte with a friend at Starbucks recently when inspiration struck. Why should people who serve food be required to wash their hands after using the bathroom? It’s just this sort of onerous regulation that is killing American business.

2. West Virginia GOP-er: Pregnancy can be a marvelous silver lining to being raped.

Republican lawmakers just keep demonstrating that they do not get the whole rape thing—okay, the whole woman thing—and they never ever will. Never. Ever. We know we should just give up on them—and we have—but that doesn’t mean they don’t continue to amaze and stun us.

3. Utah GOP-er just thinking out loud about unconscious people and rape.

Utah Rep. Brian Greene was just thinking out loud. That’s all. ‘Cause he’s not so sure. He was considering a bill about whether unconscious victims of rape should really be considered rape victims. Strangely, this was something he needed to think about. What if the missus . . .

4. GOP-er blames measles outbreak on “illegal aliens.

Looking to blame a problem on someone? Try immigrants. They are the go-to scapegoat for whatever problem is du jour. Among their accomplishments are: ISIS, Ebola, and the decline of America. There’s just nothing that can’t be pinned on them.