Wash. Rep Shea - “Biblical Basis for War”, Liberty the 51st State, Christian Identity

[dudalb]

There's no impeachment per se. He can be expelled by a 2/3 vote.

Regardless, I was simply pointing out that you were wrong when you said they didn't do anything.

I suspect expulsion might be the next step. I suspect the state GOP would be happy to get rid of him.

 

[dudalb]

Never give up, never surrender!

Worked for Winston CHuchill facing Nazi Germany in 1940, won' t work for this Neo Nazi nutjob.

 

[dudalb]

Random Shea goings on...

He's wrapping himself around fellow witch hunt victim Donald Trump.

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Two elected officials have expressed support --- the mayor of Spokane Valley and state rep Jesse Young. I was surprised to learn that Young represents a purple district in Kitsap County west of the mountains, and that he has his own noxious baggage (that is nowhere near Shea's). The virtue of self-proclaimed Christian conservatives.

Shea vows not to resign. It will be interesting to see if he gets re-elected.

Shea is such an obvious nutjob that even Donniw will not want to be identified with him.

 

[Trebuchet]

I suspect expulsion might be the next step. I suspect the state GOP would be happy to get rid of him.

Only because he's an embarrassment, not because he's wrong.

Shea is such an obvious nutjob that even Donniw will not want to be identified with him.

Donnie still has Stephen Miller on his staff. He's every bit as loony as Shea, and far more dangerous.

 

[Norman Alexander]

I suspect expulsion might be the next step. I suspect the state GOP would be happy to get rid of him.

There's plenty of deep woods and guns in backwoods Kitsap. And Shea is entitled to say what he thinks. But perhaps he could do us a favor? It would be a shame if anything bad happened to him on a long night-time hike...

 

[Trebuchet]

There's plenty of deep woods and guns in backwoods Kitsap. And Shea is entitled to say what he thinks. But perhaps he could do us a favor? It would be a shame if anything bad happened to him on a long night-time hike...

He's in the Spokane vicinity, when not in Olympia, so he'll probably not be wandering Kitsap. But I'll be careful on my next visit.

 

[Norman Alexander]

He's in the Spokane vicinity, when not in Olympia, so he'll probably not be wandering Kitsap. But I'll be careful on my next visit.

Even better. Deeper woods, steeper cliffs. Even more places where it would be a shame if he got lost there.

 

[varwoche]

...Shea is entitled to say what he thinks. But perhaps he could do us a favor? It would be a shame if anything bad happened to him on a long night-time hike...

While this needs to be sorted out by the law, saying what he thinks isnt neccesarily a free pass when said speech conspires against the government, encourages violence, intimidates opponents, etc.

(And just to keep things real in terms of the lay of the land, Kitsap is more forested than Spokane Valley by far.)
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According to the investigation, Shea intends to be the leader of Christopia once the will of god plays out. Blessed day.

 

[varwoche]

Only because he's an embarrassment, not because he's wrong.

Far be it for me to defend these characters but this isnt realistic. The fringe of the fringe is a step too far for most WA state elected GOP officials.

 

[varwoche]

From the report, other state reps who actively conspired with Shea on Malheur:

Heather Scott, ID
Michele Fiore, NV
Graham Hunt, WA

 

[varwoche]

Fixed it for me...

From the report, other state reps who actively conspired with Shea on Malheur:

Heather Scott, ID
Michele Fiore, NV
former rep Graham Hunt, WA

He resigned in 2016 when it was revealed that he lied about being in the marines and being wounded in combat.

 

[Travis]

Shea is such an obvious nutjob that even Donniw will not want to be identified with him.

I think you are wrong. Shea is exactly the white Christian identity type that Trump is going to go hard for in 2020. If the WA GOP expell him (which I do not expect because the GOP has gone full nutso everywhere) then Trump definitely will bring him into his administration and put him where he can do the most damage.

 

[varwoche]

How many of them are there? A dozen? A hundred?

Reckon the local Boy Scouts could take them down no problem.

Concerning the standoff in Nevada in 2014 supporting Cliven Bundy, from the report (page 12):

At the time Representative Shea published his call to arms, there were approximately 100 local protesters onsite. Less than 24 hours after his call to arms, approximately 1500 armed militia members were onsite in Bunkerville, Nevada armed and ready to fight the Federal Government.​

 

[dudalb]

I think you are wrong. Shea is exactly the white Christian identity type that Trump is going to go hard for in 2020. If the WA GOP expell him (which I do not expect because the GOP has gone full nutso everywhere) then Trump definitely will bring him into his administration and put him where he can do the most damage.

I don't like Trump anymore then you do, but you are just plain wrong here.
Shea has become too toxic even for Trump.

 

[dudalb]

Far be it for me to defend these characters but this isnt realistic. The fringe of the fringe is a step too far for most WA state elected GOP officials.

Even among Right Wing evagelicals, Christian Identity is generally considered as a bunch of craziness.

 

[carlitos]

I think you are wrong. Shea is exactly the white Christian identity type that Trump is going to go hard for in 2020. If the WA GOP expell him (which I do not expect because the GOP has gone full nutso everywhere) then Trump definitely will bring him into his administration and put him where he can do the most damage.

I don't like Trump anymore then you do, but you are just plain wrong here.
Shea has become too toxic even for Trump.

Toxic or not, theorizing that Trump is going to appoint some nobody from nowheresville to his administration is a fantasy. Stephen Miller is the closest analogue and he was the chief of staff to Trump's appointed Attorney General back in his home state. Steve Bannon might be another example, and he was the head of Brietbart and had Hollywood and investment banking experience.

Shea is no one of [eta - national / political] consequence; there is no benefit to Trump to deal with this guy when he has much bigger players available to him. Travis is projecting his worst fears onto reality. "Where he can do the most damage" would be what - Secretary of something? This nobody? Come on.

**ETA - obviously he's "of consequence," just not on a national scale enough to attract the attention of Trump. Shea appearing at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge helped attract more than 1000 "patriots" there.

 

[varwoche]

Despite the revelations, the support pours in.

Though mired in a series of jaw-dropping, medieval scandals about how he’s planning for Biblical holy war and fomenting “end of days” armed standoffs with the feds, Shea so far has received the second-most individual campaign donations of any state House Republican, behind only the House Minority Leader, Rep. JT Wilcox.

link

 

[varwoche]

**ETA - obviously he's "of consequence," just not on a national scale enough to attract the attention of Trump. Shea appearing at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge helped attract more than 1000 "patriots" there.

He did far more than appear. He was the mastermind and a participant.

 

[BrooklynBaby]

I've never even heard of this guy.

 

[dudalb]

I've never even heard of this guy.

Now that you have, what do you think of him?