{"id":38512,"date":"2019-12-21T08:57:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T16:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38512"},"modified":"2019-12-21T09:09:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T17:09:24","slug":"republicans-on-parade-12-21-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/21\/republicans-on-parade-12-21-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans on Parade – 12\/21\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here is the one hundred seventy-first article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today\u2019s winner is Republican State Representative [WA] and pseudo-Christian terrorist, Matthew Shea. He is so honored for his Republican hatred, terrorism, and calls for the murder of non-Christians.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"1221Shea\"The Republican Washington state representative Matthew Shea \u201cparticipated in an act of domestic terrorism against the United States<\/strong>\u201d and represents a threat of political violence, according to a report produced for the Washington state legislature<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shea is a far-right figure who holds extremist Christian, nationalist and Islamophobic beliefs. The report said it had made the judgment over terrorism by his actions before and during an armed takeover and standoff at the Malheur national wildlife refuge in 2016 in Oregon.<\/p>\n

The report further contends that in a document<\/a> entitled the Biblical Basis for War, Shea \u201cadvocated the replacement of US democracy with a theocracy and the killing of all males who do not agree<\/strong>\u201d….\u00a0 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <The Guardian<\/a>><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s more from his local news station.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘I will not resign’: Rep. Matt Shea responds to investigative report<\/a><\/p>\n