OR House Expels Rep Who Colluded With Extremists

Oregon Public Radio reports:

State Rep. Mike Nearman became the first person ever expelled from the Oregon Legislature on Thursday, following revelations he helped plan an armed incursion in the state Capitol late last year.

In a widely anticipated vote, the Oregon House approved a resolution that formally found Nearman’s act of opening a Capitol door for a far-right crowd on Dec. 21 amounted to “disorderly behavior”, the constitutional standard for ejecting a legislator. The resolution passed by a vote of 59-1, with only Nearman voting against.

Nearman, granted unlimited time to speak, instead kept his remarks short. As he has consistently, he argued that the ongoing closure of the state Capitol is unconstitutional, and by allowing protesters into the building he had done the right thing.

JUST IN: State Rep. Mike Nearman has become the first person ever expelled from the Oregon legislature, following revelations he helped plan an armed incursion in the state Capitol late last year. (@OPB)https://t.co/PQw804FHWC

— NPR (@NPR) June 11, 2021