GOP lawmaker charged in Oregon Capitol protest has COVID

[turbinetree]

Updated 11:39 AM; Today 11:38 AM



By The Associated Press
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press

SALEM — A Republican state lawmaker who authorities say let violent protesters into the Oregon Capitol in December says he is ill with COVID-19.

“I have a really bad case of COVID and I’m kind of on the mend a little bit,” Rep. Mike Nearman said on a conservative radio talk show.

Nearman faces a hearing in Marion County Circuit Court on Tuesday on charges of official misconduct in the first degree and criminal trespass in the second degree for the Dec. 21 breach of the state Capitol by people protesting coronavirus restrictions. Both are misdemeanors, but carry possible jail time.

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/05/gop-lawmaker-charged-in-oregon-capitol-protest-has-covid.html

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“The Oregon State Police spent over four months investigating me. ... Do you think these guys have anything better to do?” Nearman said.

Yeah I think they do........someone who aided and abetted in criminal act should be thrown in jail......they even have video

[Hassler]

1. If anyone has to get COVID, I'm glad it's him. He and the

Rest of the QOP are trying to destroy our state.

[Permanut]

2. This clown has been one of the most outspoken opponents of masks..

I'm not sure what he means by "on the mend"; that suggests that COVID-19 is a real illness. That, of course, conflicts with what his Dear Leader Mango Mussolini told his loyal followers, that the virus is another hoax by the Democrats. I guess we can ask him to clarify later whether he was healing from a hoax, or if Dear Leader was lying. I'm sure he'll straighten it out.

[CatWoman]

3. Karma is working overtime with some of these idiots