Matt Shea
Matthew "Matt" Shea (born April 18, 1974 ) is an American Republican politician who represents the fourth district of Washington state in the House of Representatives in his home state .
Life
Matt Shea studied Political Science and History at Gonzaga University . Having these studies with the Bachelor had finished, he studied at the Gonzaga University Law . He then settled down as a lawyer.
He also served in the National Guard in the 1-161st Infantry , most recently as a company commander.
politics
Shea has been a member of the Washington House of Representatives since 2009. He was last re-elected from 2018 to 2021.
He advocates the formation of a new state of Liberty with Spokane as its capital.
In December 2019, a report by the Washington House of Representatives came to light that he may have been guilty of involvement in a terrorist act against the United States in the context of the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge . According to the December 19, 2019 report, he also supported the Patriot Movement's militia training and holy war training . The Republicans then expelled Shea from their faction, he lost his seats in parliamentary committees. But he refused to resign and called the investigation a witch hunt.
During the COVID crisis , Shea led protests against his state's government. He took the view that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was bred in Chinese laboratories. The quarantine measures served to disempower the president and deprive citizens of their rights.
Web links
- Matt Shea at Ballotpedia.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Liberty State: Future of Liberty with Rep. Matt Shea . Retrieved June 18, 2018.
- ↑ a b Washington state lawmaker accused of "domestic terrorism" refuses to resign , CBS News, December 20, 2019.
- ↑ Vanessa Romo, Washington Legislator Matt Shea Accused Of 'Domestic Terrorism,' Report Finds NPR, December 20, 2019.
- ↑ Chad Sokol, Far-right politicians denounce government's COVID-19 response in Washington, Idaho Spokesman on April 15, 2020.
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SURNAME | Shea, Matt |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shea, Matthew |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1974 |