Armed Militias Pledge To Fight For Fugitive Oregon GOP Lawmakers 'At Any Cost'
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Source: The Daily Beast
6 hrs. ago. Right-wing militia groups across the Pacific Northwest are mobilizing to prevent Oregon state police from arresting Republican state senators who went into hiding on Thursday in order to prevent climate change legislation from passing.
All eleven of Oregon's Republican state senators are currently on-the-lam, with some leaving for Idaho in an effort to deny the Democrat-controlled state senate a quorum to pass a cap-and-trade bill. In response, Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D), citing a provision in the state constitution that allows the state to "compel" absent lawmakers to attend legislative sessions, dispatched state troopers to bring them back.
One of the lawmakers on the lam, Republican Brian Boquist (R), warned that he would resort to violence rather than return to the state, implying in a local television interview that he would attack law enforcement officers sent to retrieve him. "Send bachelors and come heavily armed," Boquist said. "I'm not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon. It's just that simple."
Militia groups in the Pacific Northwest--a hotbed of far-right extremist activist--claim they've mobilized to protect those state senators. "We're doing what we can to make sure that they're safe and comfortable," said Eric Parker, the president of militia group Real Three Percenters Idaho, said the Idaho militias are in touch with their Oregon counterparts about the senators. - MORE...
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- Efforts to scuttle the cap-and-trade legislation have taken a remarkable and potentially dark turn.- An Oregon militia movement source told The Daily Beast: members were "willing to put their own lives in front of these senators' lives," dozens of armed members have "mobilized" to protect the state senators, there is potential for violence if authorities try to bring back the senators, and the groups would defend the Republicans "at any cost." "All of them are armed," he said.
Groups that have joined: the III%ers, the Oath Keepers, and independent militia groups from out of state. The III%ers are named for their belief that only 3% of colonists were involved in the American Revolution. Oath Keepers are named for veterans and law enforcement officers who have vowed not to violate their "oaths."
READ MORE: Senators Face $500 Fines For Fleeing, Threaten To Sue
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Those opposed to the cap-and-trade plan say it would exacerbate a growing divide between the liberal, urban parts of the state and the rural areas. The plan would increase the cost of fuel, damaging small business, truckers and the logging industry, they say. Democrats say the measure is an efficient way to lower emissions while investing in low-income and rural communities' ability to adapt to climate change. It has the support of environmental groups, farmworkers and some trade unions.
Republicans aren't just holding up a climate plan, but a significant portion of the state budget including funding for the state's health care, foster care and higher education agencies.
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I was referring to the Democrats leaving the state to avoid a vote. This has happened three times.
BTW, I'm in Vancouver. Howdy, neighbor. 
They're really coming along with restoring downtown. I patronize a lot of the establishments. Wonderful place.
I moved to Vancouver the last day of 2006. 
BumbleF### Oregon State Sen. Brian Boquist
These men are ready to kill others to resist acknowledging climate change.
Lots of opinions, too.
