Daily Beast -While [Matthew Shea (R)[ has served in the Washington House of Representatives, he’s also been building links with radical Christian groups. Much of that work has been for the founding of “American Redoubt,” a concept popular with far-right groups in the Pacific Northwest that imagines turning Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and parts of Oregon and Washington into a sort of fortress for Christians to ride out the collapse of society. In a 2017 speech to Redoubt believers, Shea declared that the hypothetical Redoubt would be “the best place in America.”
But Shea’s work for the Redoubt and other far-right efforts has gone beyond speeches. Shea is under investigation for participating in group chats in which members discussed using violence and intimidation against liberal activists, and a former acolyte says Shea discussed purchasing GPS trackers to keep an eye on his opponents.
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