A notorious Republican lawmaker has been outed as being a vocal member of a chat room that supports illegally surveilling and violently attacking political opponents, according to a new report.
Representing Spokane Valley in the Washington state house, notorious religious extremist and far-right US lawmaker Matt Shea — a former US soldier — entered into chats with several other right-wingers using screen aliases. By cross-referencing Signal app phone numbers with screen names, the identities of the right-wing account holders were revealed, according to the Guardian.
In the process of suggesting that left-wing protesters in the US could be considered ‘terrorists', Shea and his friends suggested various methods of intimidation and outright violence, including to “confront their parents their workplaces their landlords” and “hit them in there [sic] safe spaces,” cited by the Guardian.
“If we can catch a few of them alone and work him over a little bit,” offered one of the chat room members, referring to an unnamed political opponent.
As Shea participated in the extremist chat room, far-right radio…
