Far-right lawmaker elected Oregon GOP chairman amid larger US shift
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A far-right senator who’s rebelled against coronavirus restrictions and said he supported protesters who stormed the Oregon Capitol has been elected chairman of the state Republican Party.
The move comes as the GOP in some other states also takes a harder line.
The ascendancy of state Sen. Dallas Heard reflects the bitter frustration felt by Republicans in a state where Democrats dominate the Legislature, the governor’s office and other statewide offices.
But the move further right has alienated some, including one of Oregon’s most prominent Republicans, Knute Buehler of Bend, who recently left the GOP in disgust.
The Oregon GOP was already a joke, but this guy? ….
I mean – really? This is THEIR party – this is what they want. It is no surprise at all. They will implode.
we will be fine, thanks. y’all had better start planing for 2022
That’s gotta suck for Republicans who are not whacked out nut jobs.
Just what the party needed. Now they will never win a statewide election, and continue to complain about it.
we don’t miss Knute. Did he become a Democrat?
Non-affiliated, as we reported.
The republican’s are no longer the conservative party. They are the QAnon party. And Trump has given us Biden. Keep it up and they will give us AOC.
Guaranteed to move the repo party closer to irrelevance in Oregon politics.