The right-wing slugfest to replace Jim Inhofe has a new challenger!
Fresh of Markwayne's announcement that he will toss his golden monkey wrench into the ring, T.W. Shannon – a popular right-wing nut job in the Oklahoma GOP – officially announced he's running for US Senate... again.
Here are the details via his hometown news channel – KSWO:
Former Oklahoma Speaker of the House and Lawton native T.W. Shannon has thrown his hat into the ring for the U.S. Senate seat that’s soon to be vacated by Sen. Jim Inhofe...
Shannon served as the Oklahoma Speaker of the House until 2014 when he stepped down to run against James Lankford for former Oklahoma U.S. Senator Tom Coburn’s seat.
He has since served as the national chairman of Black Voices for Trump.
After he was named Oklahoma Speaker of the House early last decade, I remember drinking beers with a rank and file Republican lawmaker from Tulsa at an alcohol lobbyist's event at the 51st Street Speakeasy. I asked what he thought of T.W. He paused for a second, gazed into the air like a semi-nude mermaid floated before him and slurred...
"He's going to be president someday."