James Buchal

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James Buchal was chair of the Multnomah County, Oregon Republican Party.[1] He won the Republican nomination for Oregon Attorney General in 2012 on a write-in campaign,[2] but lost in the general election.[3] He ran unsuccessfully for the United States Congress in 2014.[4] He has spoken strongly in favor of U.S. president Donald Trump.[3] He has served as a lawyer for the far right group Patriot Prayer[5][6] and against gun control walkouts at Portland Public Schools,[7] has spoken on national television against Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt,[8] A statement Buchal made on a campaign website in 2014 has been rated "false" by PolitiFact.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Bernstein, Maxine (2020-10-12). "Man firing gun in SE Portland drew officers from Sunday night's downtown protest, Portland's police chief says". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". www.opb.org:80. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b "Portland Republican says party should use militia groups after racial attack". 29 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b Tims, Dana; Dc 20036 (June 27, 2014). "Is the government 'stockpiling' hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition for domestic use?". PolitiFact. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  5. ^ "Patriot Prayer leader sues Multnomah County DA". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. September 11, 2020.
  6. ^ "Chair of the Multnomah County Republicans Will Represent Patriot Prayer Leader in Civil Lawsuit".
  7. ^ Campuzano, Eder (2019-03-14). "Pro-gun parents say Portland schools violated their civil rights". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  8. ^ Kaplan, Talia (2020-08-13). "Portland attorney blasts DA for violating 'equal protection under the law' by refusing to prosecute protesters". Fox News. Retrieved 2020-10-28.


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