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So all Republican state Senators in Oregon have refused to show up to vote against a Carbon Cap bill. They know they will lose the vote because Republicans are in the minority and nine Oregon state senators have fled to neighboring states in order to deny the Democrat-dominated body the quorum needed to vote. The Governor has directed the state police to bring the Senators back to do their job and one of these legislators threatened to kill state policemen if they arrive to force him to attend the legislative session (“You better send bachelors and they better be heavily armed&rdquo😉, but now some of the very same militiamen involved in the Malheur standoff have announced they plan to rise to these senators’ defense. A “Rally To Take the Capitol” in Salem on Thursday. According to Kos diarist Spherical Aberration, organizers are claiming that “at least some of the errant Senators intend to return to the capitol on the 27th for the rally, but that they will not be participating in government. The affiliated militias have committed that they will not permit the Oregon State Police to seize ‘their Senators’.” “These people are all armed and prepared to put themselves in front of senators to prevent arrests from Oregon State Police specifically,”

So the extreme right wing wants their way by force even though they are the minority. Is this a prelude to what may happen if trump losses the election? Should Oregon elicit the National guard?

rogueflyer 8 June 24
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I don't fully understand the nuances of the government system, but this appears to be a by product of the checks and balances built into the system ... no quorum of 20 to hold a meeting, therefore there is no meeting, therefore there is no decision on new laws.
The problem is that a significant minority do not like the new law and are using the system to prevent it passing ... that is politics
stop whining about it and adjust the system

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I do hope the Democrats are capable of playing hardball on this issue. Most times they’re not 😟

And here’s another vivid example of why those Malheur Misfits should be behind bars… Obviously, the system doesn't always work.

Varn Level 8 June 24, 2019
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The Oregon governor is fining GOP senators who fled $500/day. These awol Republican senators are getting national bad press each day.

I hope Republicans lose the 2020 election in resounding defeat.

There has been a right-wing fund started to pay the $500 a day fine. Kach brothers can easily cover this out of petty cash. Trouble is this bill must come to a vote before the end of the current session, June 30th or we have to start over next year. I've traveled to Salem several times to lobby this bill.

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Water the tree of liberty with thier blood. They're offering it, after all.

1of5 Level 8 June 24, 2019
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