Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/12/23/this-washington-state-represen.html
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That he still has staff, an office with lights on, a parking space and access to the State House is INSANE.
Oh, that head shot of his, that’s terror right there.
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Domestic Terrorism has always been White Nationalism, look and see how emboldened tRump Co. has made them, they clearly want all Americans to know what they are, Nazis.
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Juxtapose this with conservatives saying Bernie Sanders’ campaign is antisemitic because he was endorsed by Ilhan Omar.
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Article II, Section 9 of the State Constitution provides that the Legislature can expel a member on a vote of 2/3rd of that body of the Legislature. If the report just came out – and they don’t seem to reconvene until Jan 8 – they’re not going to call a special session to boot the guy, though I imagine they’ll boot the guy when they get back. (Dems have a 57/41 advantage in the House, they’d need 9 Republican votes and as the GOP caucus has already thrown him out and stripped him of committee assignments, there’s plenty more than 9 votes to be had).
“SECTION 9 RULES OF PROCEDURE. Each house may determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish for contempt and disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected, expel a member, but no member shall be expelled a second time for the same offense.”
[ETA: Not to defend this ass clown, but I like this provision that you can’t be booted out for the same thing twice – if your constituents want you back after getting caught in an opium den with your cousin, then they can’t boot you twice for that same conduct. Democracy and all]
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I hope he is expelled (and likely will be) but I hope even more that he is charged with treason and arrested.
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Always nice to see the home town in the news… 
Oh, they’ll put him right back, I can pretty much guarantee it.
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Liked because I’m agreeing that you’re probably right, not because I like anything about you being right about that.
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The hair! The horror! It’s just too neat!
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Looks like he represents an area of the state near the KKK enclave part of northern Idaho. So, not surprising there’s some spillover from there?
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Ain’t gonna happen. He’s been around for years, it’s no secret he’s a white nationalist.
Basically the only major city East of the cascades is Spokane, and they’ll vote for anyone who claims to be against the city slickers on the Sound. Basically a bunch of neoliberal Enlightened CentristTM Democrats in the state house think having this guy around is a Good Compromise. Otherwise the hayseeds out in BF nowhere who make up roughly 1% of the state human population but account for 99% of our steers might figure out how to vote for someone even worse.
I can’t imagine who.
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He wants part of Washington, part of Idaho to be a new state, Liberty. The usual Whitey Fortress enclave idea.
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We didn’t even get Aldrich Ames or Richard Hanssen for treason, I doubt any prosecutor is going to go there on this clown.
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Cliven Bundy, the Mormon extremist who lead a face-off with the government
Sorry to be that guy, but that should be “led a face-off”. That’s a tricky one, because the metal “lead” is spelled like the present tense of the verb “lead” (though they have different pronunciations), and it’s pronounced like the past-tense form we want here.
Who designed this language!? Sheesh!
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Unfortunately, the only invasive species you’re not allowed to transport across state lines out here is apple maggots.
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Certainly seems to be the archetype of Trump’s Christian supporters
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My first thought was about how he got elected in the first place, so thanks for clearing that up.
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They need to confiscate his firearms under the red flag law.
He should also be in the TSA no fly list.
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What? Not Galt’s Gulch?
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Sedition, perhaps?
The amazing thing here is if he wasn’t white and/or Christian, there’s no doubt he’d already be in jail.
I red your comment and agree wholeheartedly.
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