By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives June 28, 2019
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"People at Thursday's rally came from all over Oregon in support of the Republican senators, some traveling for nearly three hours Thursday morning. (Salem Statesman Journal, June 27, 2019.) "Standing in the rain, many wore hard hats or held American flags. Most had signs, with sayings such as "rural lives matter," "make Oregon ours again" and "they walked for me," referring to Senate Republicans." "It was one of the largest rallies of the 2019 legislative session, complete with flags, signs and songs and made all the more overwhelming by the blaring of horns from the constant stream of semi-trucks, pickups and farm equipment that circled the Capitol for several hours."
"With 18 members, Democrats are in the supermajority, but they need two Republican senators to reach a quorum of 20. A two-thirds quorum is needed to do any business. (Salem Statesman Journal) "...HB 2020 would have been the nation's second economy-wide cap on greenhouse gas emissions. Its purpose was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050."HB 2020 is straight out of the dictates of UN Agenda 21 (Agenda 2030).
"Supporters said it would create new, clean energy jobs and position Oregon for future federal action. Opponents said it would drive business out of state and make gasoline and other fuels unaffordable.(Salem Statesman Journal) "The Senate can adjourn with the bill still on the agenda, killing it for the session. "Governor Brown already has said she is willing to call a special session on July 2 if the Legislature doesn't complete its work."
"Brown's reaction was to condemn the senators for dereliction of duty and charge the state police with the task of rounding up the truants and compelling them to return to Salem. "As well, Brown's hysteria is being called hypocritical as her history was revealed, dredging up the fact that she had led a similar exodus in 2001 over redistricting." "Climate change promoting media that refuses theory challengers access to speak, claimed the absent senators had teamed-up with patriot groups supposedly vowing violence against the State. Citing tweets from unaffiliated individuals inferring violence haven't traced back to any official statements from grassroots groups. Stories claiming a threat from militia against democrat lawmakers are admittedly unsubstantiated, in this instance by the Associated Press."
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Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience in the print media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared on Rush Limbaugh, Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.