This afternoon Senator Dennis Linthicum (SD26, Klamath Falls), Rep. Mike Nearman (HD23, Independence), Rep. Werner Reschke (HD56, Klamath Falls), and Neil Ruggles sued the Governor and State of Oregon in the Circuit Court for the County of Multnomah, challenging the Governor’s power to maintain a continuing state of emergency under ORS Chapter 401. The lawsuit […]
Yesterday, Leftist rioters organized an “Indigenous People’s Day of Rage,” publicly warning compliant “journalists” not to photograph or video their conduct—a clear signal that illegal conduct was planned. By 8:38 p.m. last night, the Portland Police Bureau already knew about attempts to destroy at least one statute in the Park Blocks: The Theodore Roosevelt statute […]
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt has today refused a request to dismiss felony riot charges against Joey Gibson and others arising out of their May 1, 2019 demonstration against Antifa outside of the now-defunct Cider Riot bar. District Attorney Schmidt made this decision even though his own written, formal policy states: “We will presumptively […]
The Multnomah County Republican Party wants Portland residents to remember that a well-recognized riot control technique is to encircle a rioting crowd, arrest every person in it for riot, confiscate all the video evidence, and then use it to charge the wrongdoers with felony riot, holding and identifying all participants while the evidence is quickly […]
At its quarterly meeting on April 20, 2020, the Central Committee of the Multnomah County Republican Party adopted the attached resolution calling upon Governor Kate Brown to get Oregon back to work immediately by phasing out COVID-19 restrictions consistent with the science-based guidelines put forth by President Trump at https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/. Oregonians who want to join […]
The Multnomah County Republican Party appreciates the sacrifice everyone in Oregon is making during this quarantine to reduce the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is growing concern that the quarantine is harming our economy. We urge the State of Oregon to prioritize taking advantage of the new test for antibodies to the COVID-19, […]