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 […]
As violent riots damage Portland for the 100th day, the Multnomah County Republican Party (MCRP) reminds Portlanders of the words of Republican President Ronald Reagan: ” All of [this] began the first time some of you who know better, and are old enough to know better, let young people think they have the right to […]
Multnomah County Republican Party (MCRP) Chairman James Buchal issued an extended public statement on the killing last night of a person who, by all appearances was associated with a vehicle caravan through downtown Portland supporting President Trump, was killed because of his political beliefs, and whose death was celebrated by lawless mobs in Portland last […]
On Friday, August 21, 2020, volunteer Harlan Wright was working at a Multnomah County Republican Party booth on Highway 212 in Clackamas County, helping gather signatures on a petition to recall Governor Kate Brown, when he was viciously attacked and sent to the hospital by a political assailant. The assailant was later arrested by Clackamas […]
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 […]
Portland attorney James L. Buchal, in association with attorney Tyler Smith of Canby, Oregon, has filed suit in federal district court to enjoin the Governor’s continuing shutdown of businesses throughout the State. The complaint, brought on behalf of small businesses throughout the State, alleges that full shutdown orders are obviously no longer necessary to prevent […]
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, […]
On March 26, 2018, the Multnomah County Republican Party (MCRP) issued Public Records Act requests calling on the Portland Public Schools (PPS) to produce documentation of efforts to organize Portland students against Second Amendment rights. After a month, PPS finally produced an estimate reporting over 37,000 responsive documents, and seeking a charge over $15,000 to […]
Because Governor Kate Brown and Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum pushed for adoption in 2017 of House Bill 3464, which made it almost impossible to discover Oregon public records that reveal the identify “a person’s citizenship or immigration status,” researchers have turned to federal records on illegal aliens to compare those records with Oregon’s public voter […]
