.NaveedAJamali: Washington lawmaker Matt Shea must be expelled from office | Opinion
On 1/3/20 at 10:36 AM ESTA stunning report commissioned by Washington's House of Representatives has accused state lawmaker Matt Shea of participating in"domestic terrorism," alleging that he"planned, engaged in, and promoted a total of three armed conflicts of political violence against the United States government." What's most shocking, however, is not the accusation of terrorism but the fact that the Republican representative remains in office.
In 2014, not long after the armed standoff at Cliven Bundy's ranch in Nevada, a concerned citizen called the police to report a conversation between Shea and the head of the Oath Keepers militia about snipers, Bundy and militias. The witness said the group soundedIn 2011, Shea was arrested and charged after drawing a gun during a road rage incident.
The report calls Shea"an active and influential leader of the Patriot Movement," which grew, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, in response to the 2008 financial crisis, non-white immigration and the election of President Barack Obama. Militias within this anti-government movement embrace violent extremism against perceived threats to the Second Amendment and fundamentalist Christian beliefs.
Shea, who has been a vocal supporter of eastern Washington seceding and reconstituting as Liberty State, denied the findings in the report, referring to it in a Facebook post as a"sham investigation."
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