[[{“value”:”Former Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe passed aside Tuesday.
He was 89.
” Inhofe, a Republican, was the state’s longest serving senator from 1994 to 2023 and passed away peacefully this morning surrounded by his wife Kay, his children and other family members”, Fox News reports.
Inhofe apparently experienced a rapid, unanticipated illness around the Fourth of July, according to a former top aide.
BREAKING: James Inhofe, past U. S. senator and one of the country’s most prominent Republican politicians, has died, sources close to his family said Tuesday morning. via @tulsaworld https ://t.co/OlSj8LEqhT
— Andrea Eger ( @AndreaEger ) July 9, 2024
Per Fox News:
James Mountain Inhofe was first elected to the Senate in 1994 after serving in Congress in 1987 in the House of Representatives. At one point, he was the leading Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Due to his time in Washington, Inhofe served as the mayor in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma between 1978 and 1984, according to the Oklahoma Historical Society. He also served in the U. S. Army in 1955-56 and was president of the Quaker Life Insurance Company before entering politics, it added.
Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., described Inhofe on Tuesday as a “dear friend and mentor, a titan in Oklahoma, and a very successful leader in DC”.
Former Republican US Senator James Inhofe dead at 89: report https ://t.co/fbD6sFRKmV pic. twitter.com/FJqe19JL1V
— New York Post ( @nypost ) July 9, 2024
Inhofe was renowned for making up myths about climate change.
He most reportedly introduced a snowball into the Senate to refute climate change.
WATCH:
Senator James Inhofe is renowned for throwing a snowball at the Senate to deny” climate change.” twitter.com/sta5G4gFgi
— Mister Montgomery ( @MAGA_Montgomery ) July 9, 2024
Reuters reports:
Republican from Oklahoma, James Inhofe, a pillar of the philosophical right in the United States Congress and defender of British military might who detested as a hoax the idea that human activities caused climate change and fought climate regulations, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 89.
According to sources nearer to his family, the Oklahoma newspaper Tulsa World reported his death. Services are pending, it said.
Inhofe was a devoted pilot who followed Wiley Post’s route for six decades flying the route he had taken in 1991.
A former mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s second-largest city, he spent eight years in the U. S. House of Representatives before being elected to the Senate in 1994. He became the longest-serving and oldest U. S. senator from Oklahoma, retiring in 2023 at age 88, saying he was experiencing long-term effects of COVID-19.
Inhofe gained a reputation as one of the most traditional U.S. senators and was known for hurling barbs at political and philosophical foes.
He was a staunch Republican on climate change issues when he served as chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK ) announced in a December 2020 press release that him and Inhofe received the experimental COVID-19 shot.
” Today, because I wanted to show my confidence in the safety of the vaccine and as part of the continuity of government protocols, I received the COVID-19 vaccine from the Office of the Attending Physician”, Inhofe said.
I urge all Oklahomans and Americans to get the vaccine when it becomes available, and I have complete confidence in its safety and effectiveness. To ensure the vaccine gets to our frontline health care workers and all Americans, he added, any funding bill must have resources for distribution.”}]] [[{“value”:”
Jim Inhofe, former Oklahoma senator, passed away on Tuesday.
He was 89.
Fox News reported that “Inhofe was a Republican and the longest serving senator in the state from 1994 to 2023. He died peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family, including his wife Kay, children, and other relatives.”
A former senior aide said Inhofe was struck down by a sudden and unexpected illness around 4th of July.
Sources close to the family confirmed that James Inhofe has died. via @tulsaworld https://t.co/OlSj8LEqhT
— Andrea Eger (@AndreaEger) July 9, 2024
Fox News:
James Mountain Inhofe began serving in Washington’s Congress in 1987 as a member of the House of Representatives, before being elected to Senate in 1994. He was at one time the top Republican on Senate Armed Services Committee.
According to the Oklahoma Historical Society, Inhofe was mayor of Tulsa in Oklahoma from 1978 to 1984 before moving to Washington. He served in the U.S. Army from 1955-56, and was the president of Quaker Life Insurance Company prior to entering politics.
Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), described Inhofe as a “dear mentor, a titan of Oklahoma, and an effective leader in Washington DC” on Tuesday.
Former Republican US Senator James Inhofe dead at 89: report https://t.co/fbD6sFRKmV pic.twitter.com/FJqe19JL1V
New York Post (@nypost), July 9, 2024
Inhofe is known for his fanciful climate change claims.
He brought a snowball to the Senate in order to discredit climate changes.
WATCH:
Senator James Inhofe famously throws a snowball in the Senate to discredit “climate change”#JamesInhofe #Inhofe #JimInhofe #Snowball #ClimageChange #ClimageChangeHoax pic.twitter.com/sta5G4gFgi
Mister Montgomery (@MAGA_Montgomery), July 9, 2024
Reuters reports
James Inhofe of Oklahoma, a Republican who was a mainstay in the ideological right of the U.S. Congress, a champion of American military power, and a skeptic of the idea that human activity caused climate change, died Tuesday at the age of 89. He scoffed at the notion that humans were responsible for climate change, and fought against environmental regulations.
Tulsa World, an Oklahoma newspaper, reported his death citing family sources. It said that services are still pending.
Inhofe, an avid pilot, flew around the globe in 1991 following the route taken by aviation pioneer Wiley Post six decades earlier.
He was the former mayor of Tulsa in Oklahoma, the second largest city. He spent eight years as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, before being elected to Senate in 1994. He retired in 2023, at age 88, as the oldest and longest-serving U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. He said he was suffering long-term COVID-19 effects.
Inhofe was known as one of the conservativest U.S. Senators, and for his caustic barbs directed at political and ideological opponents.
During his tenure as the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee he was an influential Republican on climate-change issues.
In a press release from December 2020, Sen. James Lankford announced that he and Inhofe had received the experimental COVID-19 shots.
Inhofe said, “Today, I received the COVID-19 vaccination from the Office of the Attending Doctor as part of the continuity of the government protocol and to show my confidence in the vaccine’s safety.”
“I am confident in its safety, efficacy and effectiveness. I urge all Oklahomans to get the vaccine as soon as it becomes available. “Any funding bill must include resources for distribution so that the vaccine reaches our frontline health workers and all Americans,” added he.
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