Organizer Of Anti-Obama Oregon Protests Is Convicted Felon
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Confederate flags and signs saying “Go back to Kenya” littered the anti-Obama protest in Roseburg, Oregon.
The organizer of the event titled “Defend Roseburg, Deny Barack Obama,” Casey Runyan, won the Republican primary for House District 9 in Southern Oregon in July of 2014, but he was rejected by GOP leadership when he asked for support.
“The reason I am not getting any support from the Republican leadership is because of a crime that occurred,” Runyan admitted at the time.
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In December 2004, Runyan was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and felony assault in which he later pleaded guilty and served eight months in county jail…
Runyan claimed the rally was to protest the President for ‘politicizing’ the shooting deaths of of nine people at Umpqua Community College, but the organizer had a political agenda of his own.
Runyan promised thousands would gather, but according to reports, he did not accomplish his goal.
Runyan’s Facebook page ‘like’s includes ‘Ban Sharia Law,’ ‘3%ers Oregon,’We are Darren Wilson,’ ‘Tea Party Extremists’ and a host of extreme gun rights groups.
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