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PeteS in CA:
Oregon legislator is 1st-ever ousted after Statehouse breach

https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-donald-trump-oregon-health-coronavirus-pandemic-42cd6af8d19e4a9191d7f5a325f9b9ba


--- Quote ---Legislators said on the House floor that this could be the most important vote they ever cast. They then proceeded Thursday night to expel an unapologetic Rep. Mike Nearman with a 59-1 vote, marking the first time a member has been expelled by the House in its 160-year history. The only vote against the resolution for expulsion was Nearman’s own.

“The facts are clear that Mr. Nearman unapologetically coordinated and planned a breach of the Oregon State Capitol,” House Speaker Tina Kotek, a Democrat, said after the vote. “His actions were blatant and deliberate, and he has shown no remorse for jeopardizing the safety of every person in the Capitol that day.”
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“On the morning of Dec. 21st, a couple hundred protesters — some of them heavily armed and wearing body armor — arrived at the Capitol for a protest, with the intent to illegally enter and presumably occupy the building and interrupt the proceedings of the Oregon Legislature,” Holvey said. “Staff and legislators were terrified. We can only speculate what would have happened if they were able to get all the way in.”
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AP tried to equate this to the January 6th incident ("riot" seems excessive) at the US Capitol. The problem with this is that the protesters in DC were unarmed, and I've seem no reports any had "body armor" ... unless that Shaman dude's buffalo helmet is considered a weapon or armor of some sort.

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