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Dallas Heard claimed members of the party were using communist psychological warfare tactics to derail his leadershipBlaming wickedness within our organization, Dallas Heard of Roseburg abruptly stepped down as chairman of the Oregon Republican Party.
Heards last day is Friday, he said in a letter sent to party members that was shared online. He wrote that unnamed members of the state party were using communist psychological warfare tactics to derail his leadership.
They have broken my spirit, Heard wrote. I can face the Democrats with courage and conviction, but I cant fight my own people.
Heard, who is also a state senator, didnt respond Wednesday to a voicemail left at the landscaping business he lists as his campaign number or an email sent to his legislative account.
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/03/09/oregon-republican-party-chair-quits-blaming-wickedness-in-the-state-gop/
Well, he's right about the "wickedness" part (a blind squirrel etc...), but apparently he's just a second class lunatic compared to others in Oregon's Republican leadership circles.
stopdiggin
(11,095 posts)with a capital L and F. When you're way too crazy for even your far right nutjob friends ... Time to retreat to the compound and the camo gear. Get some help, buddy.
.. ripping his mask from his face in 2020, walking onto the floor without one in 2021 until Senate President Peter Courtney asked him to leave ..
- The last time, senators voted along party lines to remove Heard from the chamber and bar him from returning to the Capitol until he dons a mask or the rules change. He did not return ..
- He skipped every vote in the Senate this year, though he still participated in virtual committee meetings.
barbaraann
(9,089 posts)Have they wanted him to be more moderate?? More extreme?
Hugin
(32,778 posts)How apropos... Apropos, indeed.
Stallion
(6,473 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)There's another link to an article in the Roseburg News-Review, recapitulating many of the things in the Oregon Capitol Chronicle article. But the comments in the News-Review article are rather interesting. There's the usual claptrap stuff, but also some well-informed posts by long-time observers of the Republicans in Oregon. Roseburg is in a conservative area of the state but they're not complete dolts.
For Oregon Democrats, these developments are good news. The Republicans, who haven't been very strong state-wide for decades, are poised to tear each other apart during this election season.