Washington Republican Rep. Matt Shea Allegedly Proposed Spying on Spokane Residents

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

If you need more evidence that Rep. Matt Shea is nuttier than a squirrel turd, here you go: The somehow duly elected Spokane Valley representative allegedly discussed spying on local residents and his political enemies—which, naturally, include "Antifa" and "communists"—in chat logs published by the Guardian over the weekend.

Rep. Shea made national news last year after the Spokesman-Review reported that he had distributed a manifesto entitled "A Biblical Basis for War." That document, which read like Left Behind fanfic, was just the tip of Shea's long history of bad ideas. As former Stranger staffer Heidi Groover reported in 2016, other greatest hits include:

• He believes "there is no difference between Planned Parenthood and what Dr. Josef Mengele did in Germany in the 1940s."

• He recently made up quotes from the Founding Fathers in a pro-gun bill he introduced in Olympia.

• In North Idaho, he urged people to stock up on ammo for the "inevitable collapse."

• He visited the Bundys—both in Nevada and in Oregon. His name was also invoked by militants in Wednesday night's call from the Oregon refuge.

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https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/04/22/39986474/washington-republican-matt-shea-allegedly-proposed-spying-on-spokane-residents

[abqtommy]

1. I've lived in Spokane and it does have its share of eccentrics

and the entire northwest part of the country is populated with a large percentage of white supremacists.
I've read that this is due to the haters wanting to live as far away as possible from the population that they hate. Makes sense to me except that the supremes are ruining the whole area, particularly Montana.