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'''Donald John Bacon''' (born August 16, 1963) is an American politician and former military officer serving as the U.S. Representative for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district since 2017. Prior to public office, he was a United States Air Force officer, rising to brigadier general and wing commander at Ramstein Air Base and Offutt Air Force Base prior to his retirement in 2014. Bacon is a member of the Republican Party.
'''Donald John Bacon''' (born August 16, 1963) is an American politician and former military officer serving as the U.S. Representative for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district since 2017. Prior to public office, he was a United States Air Force officer, rising to brigadier general and wing commander at Ramstein Air Base and Offutt Air Force Base prior to his retirement in 2014. Bacon is a [[Moderate Republican]].
==Tenure==
==Tenure==
Bacon was among 47 Republicans to codify Obergefell V. Hodges (gay marriage).
Bacon was among 47 Republicans to codify Obergefell V. Hodges (gay marriage).
During the 2023 Speaker of the House election, Bacon, who had previously threatened to vote for a Democrat in order to break the deadlock, called his conservative colleagues terrorists.[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/15/establishment-republicans-consider-working-democrats-pick-house-speaker/][https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/01/05/gop-rep-bacon-house-republicans-voting-against-mccarthy-speakership-like-terrorism/]
During the 2023 Speaker of the House election, Bacon, who had previously threatened to vote for a Democrat in order to break the deadlock, called his conservative colleagues "terrorists."[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/15/establishment-republicans-consider-working-democrats-pick-house-speaker/][https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/01/05/gop-rep-bacon-house-republicans-voting-against-mccarthy-speakership-like-terrorism/]
In November 2023, Representative Bacon joined sixty-nine other Republicans to vote to establish a new $300 million building to house the [[FBI]], despite reservations raised by conservatives about the fairness of the agency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelibertydaily.com/here-is-list-70-rinos-who-just-voted/|title=Here Is a List of 70 RINOs Who Just Voted to Reward the Weaponized FBI With a Lavish New $300 Million Building|publisher=''The Liberty Daily''|author=J. D. Rucker|date=November 9, 2023}}</ref>
==References==
==References==