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mahatmakanejeeves

(56,710 posts)
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 02:13 PM Jun 2019

Join the Oath Keepers. Get to use a really swell Baofeng scanner.

OREGON: State Capitol Building Closed Due To Threat By Armed Militia In Support Of Republican Walkout

June 22, 2019 Extremists, Republicans



The Associated Press reports:

The Oregon Capitol was closed Saturday due to a “possible militia threat” from right-wing protesters as a walkout by Republican lawmakers over landmark climate change legislation drags on. Republican state senators fled the Legislature — and some, the state — earlier this week to deny the majority Democrats enough votes to take up the climate bill, which would dramatically reduce fossil fuel emissions by 2050. It would be the second program of its kind in the nation after California if passed.

Right-wing groups posted their support for the GOP lawmakers Friday on social media — in one instance offering to provide escorts to them should the state police come for them. Also late Friday, Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek, both Democrats, condemned comments made by Sen. Brian Boquist, a Republican from Dallas, Oregon, that urged the state police to “send bachelors and come heavily armed” when they come to bring him back to the Capitol.

Comment:

The scanner in the photograph is a Baofeng scanner, possibly a Baofeng UV-5R, like the one in this picture:

https://www.itstactical.com/digicom/comms/ultimate-radio-communication-guide-what-to-look-for-in-a-handheld-transceiver/|Ultimate Radio Communication Guide: What to Look for in a Handheld Transceiver]


Or this picture:


It's 100% made in China. Tch, tch. That's not making America great again.
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