Wyoming Governor Appoints Anarchist to Fill Senate Seat
Wyoming Governor Paul Riley, a Republican, appointed Guy “Wild Man” Stephens, a registered Republican and anarchist, to fill the remaining three months of the late Senator Byron Smythe’s term. Senator Smythe, who was 79, died on Sunday of being old. Mr. Stephens is president of the Wyoming Anarchist Chamber of Commerce and holds very strong views on the elimination of government authority, institutions, and capitalism, preferring stateless societies and the free association of producers. When asked about the choice of an anarchist, the governor replied, “Why not? What harm could he do in three months?” Before his departure to Washington, D.C., Mr. Stephens held a rally with supporters promising the complete elimination of the tools of domination. He then stepped aboard his private jet and left, towing a banner decrying the overreach of the Federal Aviation Administration.