Oregon's Republican state senators go into hiding as Democrats delay climate change vote after militia threat.
A group of Republican state senators in Oregon remain in hiding after walking out of the state Capitol over refusing to vote on a climate change bill.
"I don't think you're going to see us anytime soon," Republican Sen. Herman Baertschiger Jr, the state Senate's minority leader, told Portland ABC affiliate KATU by phone Saturday evening.A GoFundMe account was started to raise money to pay off the absentee politicians' fines, which had raised over $37,000 in two days as of Saturday night.
"Governor Brown has always dealt fairly and transparently with the Senate Republicans, and trusted them when they gave their word they wouldn’t engage in further walkouts earlier this session," Kondayen continued.
"I am in a cabin near a lake," Knopp said during a Facebook video chat interview."And that's about all I can tell you."
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