Newenglanddeac
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The report concluded that Shea, a Spokane Valley Republican first elected in 2008, is closely associated with several armed militias and uses his prominence in the Patriot Movement to dispatch militia members to conflicts with government officials. The Patriot Movement is a loose organization of conservative groups and individuals in mostly rural areas that includes organized militia members and so-called sovereign citizens, who are generally united by deep suspicion and fear of the federal government.
Last year, Shea acknowledged distributing a document titled “Biblical Basis for War” that provides guidelines for conducting holy war. The document included guidelines like, “If they do not yield — kill all males.” Shea has said he distributed it purely as a historical sermon and that it has been taken out of context.
Investigators wrote that it was likely they “were preparing for a conflict that carried with it significant risk of violence.”
Other stories reported that Shea allegedly discussed tracking political opponents with methods like GPS devices, purportedly keeps a list of Washington law-enforcement officers, and was tied to to a group of young men in Eastern Washington that have trained with firearms in preparation for biblical warfare.
Some of those reports emerged with the help of two former Shea allies who grew troubled by the lawmaker and his actions.
Oh you mean the attack by the Saudi national who embraced radical views and ended up killing 3 American soldiers and wounding 8 others? The guy who expressed hatred for the United States and Israel in online postings? The attack the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism?
The same senseless attack that Trump refuses to call an act of terrorism and tried to uncharacteristically sweep under the rug?
Is this the one you’re talking about?
Meanwhile some people got murdered at a Florida military base for something.
Meanwhile some people got murdered at a Florida military base for something.
What a strange response.