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634-5789

(4,175 posts)
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 09:10 AM Mar 2022

US extremist says he obtained 62 kids in Ukraine: Authorities worry 'something's wrong with this guy

An American political extremist accused by the Washington legislature of domestic terrorism is reportedly overseas with dozens of children from Ukraine.

"Former Washington state Rep. Matt Shea, the far-right Republican who was found by a House-commissioned investigation to have planned and participated in domestic terrorism, is in a small town in Poland with more than 60 Ukrainian children, trying to facilitate their adoption in America," The Seattle Times reported Wednesday. "But international agencies say, with the chaos and confusion of war, now is not an appropriate time for international adoptions from Ukraine. And Shea’s presence, and the lack of information surrounding the American group he’s with, has raised concerns among some residents of Kazimierz Dolny, the small Polish town where the children are staying at a hotel-guesthouse."

The newspaper interviewed Weronika Ziarnicka, an aide to the mayor of Kazimierz Dolny.

“I asked him many times, ‘What are you going to do with these children?’ and he told me that it’s not my business," Ziarnicka said of Shea. “I got the feeling in my gut that something’s wrong with this guy; he didn’t want to tell me his last name.”

Shea distributed a right-wing manifesto for right-wing activists to seize power and proposed a new Christian state in America's Pacific northwest.

https://www.rawstory.com/matt-shea-ukraine-children/

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US extremist says he obtained 62 kids in Ukraine: Authorities worry 'something's wrong with this guy (Original Post) 634-5789 Mar 2022 OP
Given this guy's background Miguelito Loveless Mar 2022 #1
This is so wrong on so many levels Ferrets are Cool Mar 2022 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #3
They seem to show up... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #5
This- He should have been put behind bars Quakerfriend Mar 2022 #6
Indeed... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #9
I truly hate these fucking idiots. Initech Mar 2022 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #19
Gym Jordan offering to provide "Republican-style chaperone services." Achilleaze Mar 2022 #4
Whoa, that close up of Jordan is disturbing! PatSeg Mar 2022 #16
Poland should throw this guy out of the country. He's a threat to those children. patphil Mar 2022 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #10
I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case. patphil Mar 2022 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #12
Doing Gods work. These fuckers are whacked. Hotler Mar 2022 #13
The Jeff Epstein Memorial Child-Rescuing Fund struggle4progress Mar 2022 #14
At a minimum, this guys sees 62 "converts" to his whack a doodle sect... JHB Mar 2022 #15
This Is Human Trafficking Deep State Witch Mar 2022 #18
K & R Duppers Mar 2022 #20

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2naSalit

(86,814 posts)
5. They seem to show up...
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 09:25 AM
Mar 2022

At every disaster and masquerade as religious organizations set up to "help children" when in reality they are slave traders looking for new stock.

I can only hope he ends up behind bars from now on.

Response to Quakerfriend (Reply #6)

Response to Initech (Reply #17)

patphil

(6,217 posts)
7. Poland should throw this guy out of the country. He's a threat to those children.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 09:29 AM
Mar 2022

Sounds like he wants to take advantage of the chaos to steal a bunch of kids.

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Hotler

(11,447 posts)
13. Doing Gods work. These fuckers are whacked.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 11:11 AM
Mar 2022

(snip)
A Washington state representative is under federal investigation after his "Biblical Basis for War" manifesto leaked, outlining a 14-step process for right-wing Christians to seize power and kill their political enemies.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/washington-republicans-bloodthirsty-biblical-war-manifesto-sends-donors-running/
(snip)
The four-page document distributed by state Rep. Matt Shea (R-Spokane) is a Christian call to arms that demands an end to legal abortion and same-sex marriage, and spells out a chilling fate for anyone who refuses to obey "biblical law," reported the The Spokesman-Review.
“If they do not yield – kill all males,” the document says.

(snip)
The far-right gathered in Spokane Valley to push for the creation of Liberty State, a 51st US state that is intended to be something of a wildlife sanctuary for Christian conservatives, the Spokesman-Review reported Friday.
(snip)
One of the speakers was notorious far-right Republican state Rep. Matt Shea. Shea published a "biblical war" manifesto last fall.
In April, Shea was caught conspiring to far-right extremists to commit acts of violence against liberal activists. In response, Shea quoted an anti-Semitic website to lash out at the journalist who exposed him.

Shea's legislative assistant, Rene' Holaday, warned of violence if people did not go along with the idea of the new state.
“It’s either going to be bloodshed or Liberty State," Holaday said ominously.

These whacko's are not isolated, they are some everywhere. some are in my state, Douglas County Co. and Colorado Springs.

JHB

(37,163 posts)
15. At a minimum, this guys sees 62 "converts" to his whack a doodle sect...
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 11:43 AM
Mar 2022

...to "save their souls."

And that's the best-case scenario.

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