Militia Standoff Drives Sympathizers To Run For Office
posted on May 13, 2016, at 10:32 p.m.
Salvador Hernandez
... “Some of these people ran before, but the movement had not been so electorally focused in the past.”
Supporters have historically focused their attention in armed standoffs against federal agencies, such as the Bundy Ranch standoff in Nevada in 2014, the Sugar Pine Mine standoff in 2015, and the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in January.
However, the .. think tank found more than a dozen election candidates across Oregon this year with links to militia-like and anti-government groups. Though most are focused on local positions, some are running for state legislatures and at least one candidate is looking to become Oregon’s new governor ...
Though some candidates have downplayed their role or support of the armed occupiers at the refuge, Cuff is not apologetic about his. He refers to them as “political prisoners” and if elected, he vows his first letter will be to the White House to ask that federal charges against them be dismissed ...
https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernandez/armed-militia-standoff-in-oregon-drives-sympathizers-to-run?utm_term=.badmpz2zb#.olzO8xjx6
