Sheryl Nuxoll
Sheryl L. Nuxoll | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Idaho Senate from District 7 | |
| Assumed office December 1, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Johnson |
| Member of the Idaho Senate from District 8 | |
| In office December 1, 2010 – December 1, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Heinrich |
| Succeeded by | Steven Thayn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 7, 1951[1] Cottonwood, Idaho |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Felix |
| Residence | Cottonwood, Idaho |
| Alma mater | Gonzaga University |
| Profession | Teacher |
| Website | sherylnuxoll |
Sheryl L. Nuxoll (born March 7, 1951) is a Republican Idaho State Senator, representing the 8th District (Cottonwood) since 2010. She received a Bachelor's Degree at Gonzaga University[1] in 1973.
Early life and career
Nuxoll is a native of Cottonwood, Idaho. Nuxoll’s years of bookkeeping for her father’s business, Hoene Implement, located in Cottonwood, Grangeville, and Pierce, prepared her for her Business Degree from Gonzaga University in 1973.[2] She graduated magna cum laude, and obtained a CPA license while working for an accounting firm in Boise. Sheryl returned to Cottonwood and was hired by a CPA and St. Mary’s Hospital. She married Felix in 1975, and they have raised six children, four girls and two boys.
Together, they manage a small family farm/ranch on the edge of Cottonwood of which she is the bookkeeper and tax consultant. In addition to selling beef cattle, harvest includes hay, wheat, barley, and lentils. Farm duties also include organizing sales of hay, praying, combining, prayer, driving grain truck, decrying false gods, hauling and feeding cattle, prayer, and gardening. Since 2008, she is teaching high school part-time, and prayerfully.
In 2013, Nuxoll highlighted the controversial aspects of the Affordable Care Act, drawing criticism for comparing the health insurance companies to the trains going to the concentration camps. [3]
In 2015, Nuxoll attracted controversy by not participating in Hindu prayer at the State Capitol.[4]
In 2015, she stated her concern regarding the implementation of foreign law under international treaty. The Idaho State Legislature officially authorized H.B. 1, which honors foreign law under the Hague Convention by making the state a party to the treaty. Under this law, due process in the Idaho state court system could become subject to international law without U.S. due process requirements. H.B. 1's highly controversial issues were child support, and also parental rights and spousal arrangement issues. As two Muslim countries and their quasi-judicial courts are part of the Hague convention, Muslim Shariah law oppressing women and children's rights could be invoked in Idaho state court systems.[5]
In 2016, Nuxoll sponsored SB1342a, a patently unconstitutional attempt to establish the Christian Bible as an official state text. The bill was vetoed by Idaho's governor, a man named 'Otter.' [6]
Professional experience
Nuxoll has worked as:[2]
- Part-time High School Teacher, 2008–present
- Bookkeeper/Tax Consultant, Family Farm
- Bookkeeper, Hoene Implement
Elections
Redistricted to new Senate District 7, Nuxoll won the May 15, 2012 Republican primary with 4,084 votes (73.2%).[7]
Nuxoll was originally elected in District 8 in 2010 with 10,051 votes (69.9%) against Democrat Leta Strauss and write-in candidate Robert Bruce Clark.[8]
Committees
Nuxoll's assignments include:[2]
- Precinct Committee Woman, Idaho County Republican Central Committee, 2008–present
- Agricultural Affairs, Member
- Health and Welfare, Member
- Judiciary and Rules, Member
Controversy
Comparison of health-insurance exchanges with the Holocaust
Nuxoll, in an email to her supporters, compared the role of private insurers in health-insurance exchanges with "Jews boarding the trains to concentration camps." [9] Nuxoll said "I felt badly for the Jews – it wasn’t just Jews, but Jews, and Christians, and Catholics, and priests. My thing was they didn’t know what was going on. The insurance companies are not realizing what’s going to end up in their demise.” [10] It remains unclear whether Nuxoll knows that Catholics - even Catholic priests - are Christians.
Anti-Hindu statements
Nuxoll, alongside Republican Idaho state senators Steve Vick and Lori Den Hartog, refused to attend a session of the legislature that commenced with a Hindu invocation prayer recited by Rajan Zed. Nuxoll refused to apologize, stating her belief that Hinduism was "a false faith with false gods."[11] Nuxoll added "I think it’s great that Hindu people can practice their religion but since we’re the Senate, we’re setting an example of what we, Idaho, believe.” [12] Nuxoll was publicly decried as an anti-Hindu bigot by her cousin, Joan Kopczynski. [13]
References
- ^ a b "Senate Membership". Idaho Legislature. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Senator Sheryl L. Nuxoll's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ^ http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jan/30/idaho-senator-compares-health-exchange-holocaust/
- ^ http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/capitol-watch/2015/03/06/state-senator-hinduism-comments/24526463/
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/idaho-officials-scramble-sharia-law-foes-kill-proposal-30292137
- ^ http://loweringthebar.net/2016/04/governors-veto-official-bible-bills.html
- ^ Ysursa, Ben. "May 15, 2012 Primary Election Results". Boise, Idaho: Secretary of State of Idaho. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ Ysursa, Ben. "November 2, 2010 General Election Results". Boise, Idaho: Secretary of State of Idaho. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
- ^ Ysursa, Ben. "Sheryl Nuxoll, Idaho GOP State Senator, Compares Health Care To The Holocaust".
- ^ Ysursa, Ben. "Sheryl Nuxoll, Idaho GOP State Senator, Compares Health Care To The Holocaust".
- ^ JTA. "Jews Slam Idaho Lawmaker for Hindu 'False Faith' Claim".
- ^ JTA. "Jews Slam Idaho Lawmaker for Hindu 'False Faith' Claim".
- ^ https://pjmedia.com/blog/should-state-senator-apologize-for-calling-hinduism-a-false-faith/