NCGA Profile: Larry Pittman

By Anna Haustein

State Representative Larry Pittman is from right here in the Charlotte metro area (which means maybe you can run against him—someone should!).

Name: Larry Pittman

Position: North Carolina State House, District 82

Home City: Concord, NC

Most recent offense/on our radar because:

Pittman filed a bill to once again outlaw gay marriage in North Carolina (which I thought the Supreme Court had already settled, but never mind). Then, in an apparent attempt to outshine himself, he compared Abraham Lincoln to Hitler, which I’m pretty sure neither Hitler nor Lincoln would appreciate very much.

Read more here (if you can stomach it):

Other indefensible positions:

  • Was a co-sponsor of HB2 (obviously);
  • Believes that abortion should not only be illegal, but that “abortionists” (I think he means DOCTORS WITH MEDICAL LICENSES) should be “tried and executed for first degree murder”
  • Believes we should eliminate funding for K-12 education, opting instead for homeschooling or parent-run schools (because being a parent isn’t hard enough, apparently)
  • Believes we should eliminate income taxes but raise sales taxes to make up the difference, adding that public transportation should be run privately
  • Does not support the federal REAL ID program, citing George Orwell’s “1984”, even if it means we will literally need a passport to fly out of state beginning next year
  • Believes we should return to public hangings to deter criminal activity(yes, seriously)
  • Believes parents who choose “non-public” schooling options for their children “should be given a tax credit equal to the amount of that taxpayer's taxes the State says are going to support the government-run school system” (emphasis mine, but the crazy paranoia is all his)
  • Believes global warming is a fraud, and we should continue to pursue traditional energy sources
  • Does not believe a license should be required for gun possession, saying that if someone wants to own a gun, “it is no one else’s business, government included” (look, I like my privacy, but someone needs to know if crazy people own guns, right?); “persons found to be infected with HIV/Aids, tuberculosis, or other very dangerous communicable diseases, should be quarantined and/or identified to the public, as the case may warrant” (AIDS shaming? Really?)
  • Believes that “any sex other than that between a husband and wife is sin;” obviously does not support same-sex marriage
  • Supports abstinence-only education

Ratings and Endorsements:

ACLU of NC: 17% (2015).

NC League of Conservation Voters:Lifetime score 9% (2016).

NRA:93% (2016).

American Conservative Union: Lifetime score 95% (2015).

What can you do? Contact his office!

Office:

North Carolina House of Representatives
16 West Jones Street, Room 1010
Raleigh,NC27601-1096
Phone:919-715-2009

Local:
Post Office Box 5959
Concord,NC28025
Phone:704-782-3528

Email:

Don’t believe us? Do your own research and fact check it for yourself.

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