Thaddeus McCotter

Thad McCotter

Thaddeus George McCotter , also known as Thad McCotter , (born August 22, 1965 in Livonia , Michigan ) is an American politician . As a member of the Republican Party , he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2012, where he was Republican Policy Committee Chairman .

Family, education and work

Thaddeus McCotter graduated from the University of Detroit in 1987 with a bachelor's degree with summa cum laude in political science . At the same university he then studied law , which he graduated in 1990 with the academic degree Juris Doctor . He then practiced as a lawyer. From 1992 to 1998 he was in the local self-government (Commission) of Wayne County elected. He was a member of the Michigan Senate from 1998 to 2002 .

The Roman Catholic Thaddeus McCotter is married to the nurse Rita McCotter. They have the children George, Timothy and Emilia.

Political career

Advance to senior member of Congress

As of January 2003, McCotter was a representative for the 11th Congressional Constituency  of Michigan in the US House of Representatives, a district in which the auto industry is of great importance. He was active on the Committee on Financial Services and its sub-committees for Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises and Housing and Community Opportunity . In November 2006, his colleagues elected him chairman of the Republican House Policy Committee .

From 2005 onwards, McCotter was guitarist for the country rock band Second Amendments , whose members are all members of the House of Representatives. During business trips abroad, the band performed in the evenings to show their support for the US soldiers stationed there. There were gigs in Iraq , Afghanistan , Kuwait , Pakistan and Ramstein Air Base in Germany. There have also been appearances in the United States, for example at Farm Aid and at the Congress Picnic in the White House garden .

In the run-up to Obama's Berlin campaign speech in 2008, McCotter wrote in an opinion piece for Die Welt : "Obama is a populist and his politics are chaotic".

Forgery of signatures and resignation

McCotter applied for the office of US president in the 2011 Republican Party primary , but withdrew his candidacy after a few months. He then decided to reapply for his previous seat in the House of Representatives in the 2012 election , and submitted his application to the Republican area code for that congressional seat. However, it was proven that his employees had forged signatures on his support lists on a large scale, which is why McCotter resigned from his mandate in July 2012. In the course of the public prosecutor's investigation it became known that McCotters employees had already committed crude forgeries in the previous elections since 2006. In April 2013, it became known that McCotter had filed a lawsuit against his former employees for these falsifications, accusing them of targeted sabotage.

Web links

• Thaddeus McCotter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Thad McCotters video channel on YouTube (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Congressional Band to Rock Troops During Holiday Tour. In: USA Today , December 22, 2005.
2. ↑ Thaddeus McCotter: Berlin will be disappointed with Barack Obama. In: Die Welt , July 24, 2008.
3. ^ Thaddeus McCotter: Strike Another Match, Go Start Anew. Entry on the personal Facebook page from July 6, 2012 (English).
4. ↑ Kathleen Gray, Joe Swickard: More Fake Petitions for Thaddeus McCotter Discovered. In: Detroit Free Press , August 16, 2012.
5. ↑ Aaron Blake: Ex-Rep. Thad McCotter Suing Former Aides. In: Washington Post , April 12, 2013.