About

Congressman Cliff Bentz was raised in eastern Oregon, where he learned early on that Republicans were all manly men who shot things and went to church, and Democrats were all dirty hippies who got college degrees and scored with the ladies. The dirty hippie ladies.

In the late 60’s Cliff was his high school’s student body president. He was now groovy with the other kids, right? Imagine a kid in slacks with a tucked in shirt sitting with other kids in tie dye saying, “That’s groovy!” That’s your pal Cliff. Would he narc you out for smoking behind the library? Of course! Cliff loves rules!

Cliff headed to Eastern Oregon State College where he discovered that most college students weren’t as interested in him as he was in himself. So he became student body president again because at least then junior faculty people would have to talk to him.  He realized that no one wanted to be on college committees so he was on ALL OF THEM! He relished being king of the boring people who loved to hear themselves talk. This is where Cliff first began to self-identify as Important

When Cliff realized that while he was indeed boring, but not quite annoying or judgmental enough for the career he dreamed of, he went to law school. After earning his degree, he began practicing law in Ontario, Oregon, where he joined dozens of boards, foundations, and organizations. Here he honed his craft of pretending to care, pretending to have people’s back, and doing absolutely nothing about anything.

From 2008 to 2020, Cliff served in the Oregon State Legislature. During this time, he distinguished himself as a relentless complainer with a legendary commitment to holding grudges—particularly against Democrats, liberals, and anyone who dared present an idea he didn’t understand. He proved himself a spectacularly ineffective legislator.

Then came 2020, when Cliff decided it was time to take his unique lack of leadership to Washington, D.C. Representing Oregon’s 2nd congressional district, he arrived in Congress ready to achieve absolutely nothing on a much larger stage.

Now that Donald Trump is president again, Cliff spends his days alternating between rubber-stamping every one of Trump’s ideas and polishing his boots to explaining that every Trump idea is genius and anyone who disagrees with it is… Tren de Aragua or Hamas or Obama. He’s become a full-time hype man for Donny Trump. Meanwhile, back home, Cliff’s constituents can usually find him not holding town halls, not answering questions, and not engaging with the people he supposedly serves. However, if a cow tips over in Baker County… time for a wolf hunt!