An Oregon state senator who once worked in the world's hotspots as a contractor and soldier now finds himself under fire over threats he made during a Republican revolt over climate legislation. Courtney later asked Gov. Kate Brown, a fellow Democrat, to order the state police to bring the Republicans
1 / 2Oregon Embattled SenatorIn this photo taken Wednesday, July 3, 2019, Oregon Sen. Brian Boquist poses in his office in the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., after an interview with The Associated Press. Boquist once worked in the world's hotspots as a military contractor and soldier and now finds himself under fire, this time from fellow lawmakers and the governor after he threatened state police and the Senate president ahead of a walkout by Republican lawmakers.
Boquist said he would resist any attempt to be forced to return to the state Capitol and advised state police, in front of a TV news camera, to"send bachelors and come heavily armed."The walkout marked Oregon's most rancorous legislative session in memory. Demonstrators, including loggers and truckers who said they'd be financially ruined by carbon cap, protested on behalf of the absent senators. One planned session had to be canceled because of a purported militia threat.
Boquist said in an interview with The Associated Press that state police had no authority to apprehend senators. On the last day of the legislative session last month he was the only Republican to vote for a measure aimed at providing publicly funded, affordable and comprehensive health care to all state residents.
Before that, he helped run International Charter Incorporated of Oregon, or ICI, which flew logistical support missions in conflict zones. ICI's first mission was in support of a peacekeeping force in Liberia in 1996 during a civil war. It was financed with $275,000 in cash that a U.S. official provided in a suitcase, Boquist said. ICI leased three Russian helicopters, flew them to Liberia from Russia aboard Antonov planes, only to see two of them shot up during a rebel offensive.
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