{"id":2293098,"date":"2024-07-11T22:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T02:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-inhofe-1934-2024-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T22:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T02:30:57","slug":"jim-inhofe-1934-2024-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-inhofe-1934-2024-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Inhofe, 1934-2024 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjim-inhofe-1934-2024-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2293098&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This\u2064 article is an obituary \u200bfor Senator Jim \u200dInhofe, who \u200cpassed \u200baway at the age \u200bof 89. Inhofe was a longtime conservative politician who \u2063served nearly 30 years\u2063 in the Senate. He was known for his \u2062staunch conservative views on various issues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-takes-wait-and-see-approach-to-china-trade\/\" title=\"Biden admin. takes \u2018wait and see\u2019 approach to China trade\">including climate change<\/a>, where \u200dhe \u2064famously called\u2062 it\u2064 a hoax. Inhofe was also \u2062a defense hawk, taking \u200bover \u200cthe \u200bSenate Armed Services Committee after the death of Senator John McCain. \u2062Despite his\u200d controversial views, he was remembered as a champion\u2064 of conservative causes and had a high conservative rating.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-sacff-txt\">Obituary<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jim Inhofe, 1934-2024<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/w-james-antle-iii\/\">W. James Antle III<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-11T22:00:00-04:00\">July 11, 2024 10:00 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden <\/a>could take some advice from Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jim-inhofe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>James Mountain Inhofe<\/a> (R-OK). Running his last Senate race at 85, he faced criticism that he was too old for the job.<\/p>\n<p>A pilot, Inhofe announced his bid for a fifth term by flying an airplane upside down. \u201cWhen I can no longer fly a plane upside down, then I\u2019m too old to be in the United States Senate,\u201d he said. He won nearly 63% of the vote, beating a Democratic opponent 55 years his junior by 30 points, though he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/992830\/oklahoma-sen-jim-inhofe-bids-farewell-after-35-years-in-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>retired<\/a> before completing his term.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) in 2022. (Patrick Semansky\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nevertheless, Inhofe served nearly 30 years in the Senate. He had already been in Washington as a member of the House for almost eight years when he got an early start in the upper chamber as part of the 1994 \u201cRepublican Revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The staunch conservative won a special election to replace Sen. David Boren, himself a not terribly liberal Democrat who often went against the Clinton administration, who had departed to become president of the University of Oklahoma. Republicans won control of the Senate that day, but Inhofe was sworn in nine days later to fill the vacancy and seated before the new GOP majority.<\/p>\n<p>Inhofe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3074336\/james-inhofe-dead-gop-oklahoma-senator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>died at age 89<\/a> on July 9. It was his battles on behalf of the energy industry against progressive climate activists that headline writers remembered most. A <em>Politico <\/em>newsletter memorialized him as a senator \u201cwho <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-abbott-pushes-back-against-bidens-climate-agenda\/\" title=\"Texas Gov. Abbott pushes back against Biden\u2019s climate agenda\">called climate change<\/a> a \u2018hoax.\u2019\u201d The <em>New York Times <\/em>described him as a \u201csenator who denied climate change.\u201d The <em>Washington Post <\/em>remembered him as an \u201cOklahoma senator and climate-change denier.\u201d The <em>Wall Street Journal <\/em>called him \u201ca former Oklahoma senator who denied climate science.\u201d NBC News was a bit more expansive, dubbing Inhofe \u201ca defense hawk who called human-caused climate change a \u2018hoax.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker was a defense hawk, taking over the Senate Armed Services Committee from Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-mccain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John McCain<\/a> after the Arizona Republican\u2019s death from cancer in 2018. Inhofe also did have a lot to say about climate change, little of which Democrats liked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all of the hysteria, all of the fear, all of the phony science, could it be that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-gore-still-preaching-climate-change-need-to-stop-using-sky-as-an-open-sewer\/\" title=\"Al Gore Still Preaching Climate Change: Need to Stop Using \u2018Sky as an Open Sewer\u2019\">man-made global warming<\/a> is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people?\u201d Inhofe said in a 2003\u00a0Senate floor speech. \u201cIt sure sounds like it.\u201d This was not an unusual Republican opinion at that time. Inhofe became chairman of the Senate environment committee in 2015 after Republicans finally won the Senate during former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a>\u2019s last midterm election.<\/p>\n<p>Across the aisle, Inhofe was remembered as a longtime champion of conservative causes: limited government, a strong national defense, the right to life, the traditional family, and making English the official language of the United States. He retired with a 94% lifetime conservative rating from the Conservative Political Action Conference, formerly known as the American Conservative Union. <\/p>\n<p>Inhofe was first elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1966 before moving up to the state Senate in 1969. Inhofe then served three terms as mayor of Tulsa before arriving in Washington as a congressman in 1987 for the final years of the Reagan administration. His career in elected office lasted nearly 60 years.<\/p>\n<p>In both the House and Oklahoma\u2019s state legislature, Inhofe often toiled in the minority. But after 1994, Republican majorities were no longer unusual on Capitol Hill. Today, Republicans also hold 81 of the 101 seats in the lower house of the Oklahoma legislature and a supermajority of 40 seats in the 48-member upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inhofe was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1934. He served in the U.S. Army until 1958 and held various positions in a life insurance company founded by his father, becoming president in 1970. He participated in the graduation ceremony at the University of Tulsa in 1959 despite being a few credits short. He finished his coursework in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I suspect so many of our colleagues will remember most about Jim was his honesty, his decency, and his deep faith, his love of God, love of country, and love of neighbor,\u201d Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mitch McConnell <\/a>(R-KY) said on the Senate floor after Inhofe\u2019s death. \u201cIt would be difficult for anyone to hope for a richer legacy than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>W. 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