James Buchal

James Buchal is 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20130928082445/http://www.opb.org:80/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/attorney-general-candidate-james-buchal/
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/29/portland-attack-republican-james-buchal-militia-groups
  4. 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. September 11, 2020. |first= missing |last= (help)
  6. https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2019/07/05/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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