Revealed: anti-government People’s Rights Network, founded by Ammon Bundy, appearing to follow ‘entryism’ strategy
At least 66 members of an anti-government group founded by far-right militia figure Ammon Bundy have attempted to win local positions of influence in the Republican party in Oregon, the Guardian can reveal.
The candidates stood for Republican precinct committee person (PCP) slots in three central Oregon counties in this week’s elections, with some facing no opponent and thus winning their positions by default. The role of PCPs includes electing the executive of the county-level GOP apparatus.
The move is part of what appears to be a coordinated attempt to capture the local Republican party infrastructure, following a far-right strategy of “entryism” into more mainstream political bodies.
The fact that Bundy isn’t rotting in prison right now is a complete failure of Justice.
So, anyone think the supposed non-fascist Republicans are gonna look back on the past few years and decide maybe this time they should do something about it before it gets out of hand?
Sorry if it was too early for such a riproaring joke!
I ate that onion
Ffs…better tell my sister to get the fuck outta Oregon…
Out of rural Oregon.
Correct, she(and her wife) are in rural Oregon.
Sorry to hear it. There’s some very beautiful country out there, but the culture is not great (I’m in Washington now but used to live in Oregon).
Most of Western Washington is pretty great. She could move up here.
I mean, we’re Canadian, if things get really bad her and her wife could definitely just jump ship and head north north.
Washington is the way.
While I agree, and am in Washington now in part because of stuff like this, we need to do better about keeping these people subdued or it won’t be much better here. The college towns bordering Idaho/Washington are in the middle of a very successful christo-fascist takeover with plans to foothold into Washington. Spokane has been toying with nationalism and white supremacy for ages. There are a lot of very red rural farmland and small towns who are angry at Seattle for having such an influence on them.
I still feel safer here and most areas of Washington than I have living in other places. We need to work hard to keep it that way because fascism doesn’t stop at state lines
There is only one way to stop them.
But they aren’t angry that Seattle paves their roads or subsidizes their water.
Taxes would go up on them like 40% if western Washington went Greater Idaho.
Natives in Idaho, fwiw, DO NOT like these people. They are essentially being invaded by the fringe right…which tracks. After the civil war confederate racist traitors fled reconstruction and moved to the PNW en masse. This is why Portland, and Oregon in general, has such a skinhead/neonazi problem.
We should counter that by doing the same thing. If you got to move soon, move to a red district and help swing it over.
Eventually the tech bros will force enough Californians to flee. A couple million more and Texas is blue baby.
Yeah I mean you can see right on the Kirker’s website they’re actively doing social invasion tactics they advertise it. They’re still struggling to get into local office in the Palouse because everyone hates them but they’ve also bought up half of Moscow. They own a construction company, realty companies, and internally subsidize out of state cultists to move in. Only a matter of time before they can sway local elections enough for a Kirker to hit office. I’m from north Idaho, it’s a mess there right now, and being used as a staging ground to swing Washington. If Oregon ends up like that too it’s going to be some rough times in Washington sooner or later
Spokane valley is their shitty asshole in Washington.
The last time Spokane (not the valley) got all uppity about forming “Lincoln” or whatever they planned on calling it, Seattle officials literally laughed on air and said go for it, they’d be just fine getting the $733 million western Washington sends over to eastern Washington.
Spokane shut the fuck up right quick.
2020 census numbers Eastern WA has 1.3million people Western WA has 6.04mil.
But sure, eastern Washington should be calling all the shots. What a miserable bunch of whiny crybabies.
You have never been to northeast Washington, have you? Soooo many Christian nationalists and people who claim to be “constitutionalists.”
But there are still lots of great areas even east of the mountains.
I lived in Spokane for 3 years.
Can’t wait for those fucked counties to blame Portland even harder
Is there no ‘US-news’ community? I’m getting sick of all the ‘far right did stupid here’, ‘broken system there’ news.
Hey lefties maybe you should uhhhhhhh
Do the same thing? As someone that doesnt suck ass?
Just a thought.
(Not me though, you guys do it)
