The Oregon state Senate closed Saturday after a “possible militia threat” from a right-wing group — amid a broader drama over a walkout by Republican lawmakers over looming climate change legislation.
RIght-wing groups posted their support for the 12 rebel Republicans on Friday, including one group — the Oregon Three Percenters — who joined in an armed takeover of a wildlife refuge in 2016.
On Friday, a spokeswoman for Senate President Peter Courtney told The Associated Press that the Oregon state police “recommended that the Capitol be closed tomorrow due to a possible militia threat.”
Oregon State Police, in a statement, said it has been “monitoring information throughout the day that indicates the safety of legislators, staff and citizen visitors could be compromised if certain threatened behaviors were realized.”
The dramatic scenes came after the Republicans had not only skipped the legislature, but some had even left the state as part of an effort to deny Democrats the votes to take up the bill to reduce fossil fuel emissions by 2050. Democrats hold a 18-12 majority, but they need 20 present for a quorum.
Republicans and anti-government groups were planning on protesting on Saturday before the closing of the Senate was announced. The Democrats had upped the ante this week when Gov. Kate Brown authorized the Oregon State Police to track down the rogue members and bring them back to the chamber.
“It is absolutely unacceptable that the Senate Republicans would turn their back on their constituents who they are honor-bound to represent here in this building,” she said in a statement, according to KOIN 6. “They need to return and do the jobs they were elected to do.”
Republicans soon fired back.
“Protesting cap-and-trade by walking out today represents our constituency and exactly how we should be doing our job,” Senate Republican Leader Herman Baertschiger Jr., of Grants Pass, said in a statement Thursday. “We have endured threats of arrest, fines and pulling community project funds from the governor, Senate president and majority leader. We will not stand by and be bullied by the majority party any longer.”
Republican Sen. Brian Boquist responded by telling state police to “send bachelors and come heavily armed” if they come and get him.
The bill would limit greenhouse gas emissions and auction pollution allowances for carbon that businesses want to emit, with a lowering cap. The bill would reduce emissions to 45 percent below 1990 levels by 2035 and 80 percent by 2050.
Opponents say it would hurt businesses and exacerbate a divide between the liberal, urban areas and rural parts of the state. Oregon would be the second state after California to adopt such a policy, while nine northeastern states have limited versions of so-called cap-and-trade programs.
“RIght-wing groups posted their support for the 12 rebel Republicans on Friday, including one group — the Oregon Three Percenters — who joined in an armed takeover of a wildlife refuge in 2016.”
Uh oh… the 3 dissenters – LOOK OUT!
However, it gave the pigs a semi-legitimate reason to give that treasonous POS kate the middle finger on hunting down Republicans…
“… the Oregon state police “recommended that the Capitol be closed tomorrow due to a possible militia threat.”
“Republican Sen. Brian Boquist responded by telling state police to “send bachelors and come heavily armed” if they come and get him.”
THAT I would have to see to believe.
WTF???
This state has gone 5150 ever since I moved here!
I wonder how this will end?
Armed Militias Pledge to Fight for Fugitive Oregon GOP Lawmakers At Any Cost:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/armed-militias-pledge-to-fight-for-fugitive-oregon-gop-lawmakers-at-any-cost
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that cap and trade hoax was outed years ago…wth?
https://canadafreepress.com/article/cap-and-trade-a-scam-based-on-a-scam
https://activerain.com/blogsview/1354400/the-hoax-that-is-cap-and-trade
3 Percenters? WTF?!
Is this the new thing now? Percentage groups? What’s next?
The 12 Percenters? Aka The Dirty Dozen? Or how about The 30 Percenters? Aka The Thirty Something’s?
Ridiculous. Can’t we just be called Patriotic Americans or The Patriots?
Ooooo militia bad
But government good ?
Spare me the theatrics
Yeah, those 3 Percenters and Oathkeepers, the Tory Militia, come to life when it comes to protecting the industry that finances them.
Where were the walkouts during the full scale attacks on my 2nd Article right by the communists in Salem?
Cap and Trade is bullshit. Carbon taxes are bullshit. But they cannot compare to the smallest degree with the attack on the 2nd Article and the rest of the people’s Bill of Rights, which is what a true militia in this country would be flying as their war banner.
They have disenfranchised and made poor the true American national patriot who can afford no spectacles or publicity stunts. They will see a real militia only when our guns start going off.
Again, where were these righteous legislators during the attacks on my individual freedom and where was the so called “militia”?
The so called 3 Percenters and Oathkeepers are the corporate USA’s answer to the communist Blackwater USA and only the individual is left to fight for the Bill of Rights. But we outnumber them ten thousand to one and we who insist on our sovereign authority as American nationals cannot be bribed and will not compromise one word, one comma, nor one period in the supreme law of this land, our Bill of Rights.
This is just a f-king stage show and the unlawful actions being taken by the communist Kate Brown will only be addressed by the so called “militia” when it affects the ruling class’s material goodies they have acquired through compromising that which cannot be compromised, our Bill of Rights.
And again, here we have the 3 Percenters and Oathkeepers making the headlines, calling themselves militia after what the ex-FBI, ex-ATF, ex-military, and ex-Blackwater infiltrators did at Bunkerville and Burns.
Wake me up when somebody actually starts talking about fighting for what our true founders created an uprising for. But that is something you are not going to see in the newspaper or on TV. You will make it happen as individuals or be left at the edge of the ditch with the cold steal to the nap of your neck waiting for your just reward for worshiping mammon instead of securing your liberty.
Thank you, Henry. Clock cleaned.
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“Wake me up when somebody actually starts talking about fighting for what our true founders created an uprising for.”
THIS
Amen!
Gimme a nudge when the Revolution starts …no i mean really starts , this sitting in the middle of a target rich environment is really working on my psyche
Not much new here, but the story is still alive:
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/armed-militia-fleeing-lawmakers/
I guess the senators need their weekend rest, and a hearty Sunday brunch.
I am forwarding Henry’s powerful comment on to many because many will make heros of both these Repubs and this fake militia.
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Read that cap and trade bill. It will outlaw ALL cars older than 2007. Tax diesel 40% over night. And more. I say pass that shit and lets clean house.
I spit on all politicos. Kate brown can jog through a land mine field pulling a plow.