https://prwatch.org/news/2019/08/13489/alec-fails-denounce-dangerous-and-racist-views-its-leaders-and-members?fbclid=IwAR19rIJrzPB7cUPrRj5VMrEHU4AshNNvn66T6oxpOZwJNuhWnXnfUGSj2yE
"It has been a banner week for extremist politicians linked to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC's Washington State Chair, Rep. Matt Shea, promoted and maintained close ties to an extremist group training children and young men for battle in a "Biblical warfare" while schooling them in the "biblical teachings" of racist preacher John Weaver, according to a new exposé published by The Guardian. The revelations come just weeks after the Washington House hired an outside firm to investigate whether Shea has engaged in, planned, or promoted political violence. And ALEC alumni and Iowa congressman Steve King pondered Wednesday whether there would "be any population of the world left" without rape and incest. Rep. King was stripped of his committee posts in Congress earlier this year after questioning why white supremacy should be considered offensive. Despite ALEC's claim that it "does not condone hate speech of any kind," the pay-to-play influence group has ignored calls for it to remove Shea from his ALEC leadership position, and has done nothing to repudiate the extremist statements of Shea, King, or other radical right-wing ALEC legislators. ALEC does not disclose how its "State Chairs" are selected, but according to its 46th annual meeting agenda, they serve as leaders to their state's delegation, receive special training, and are invited to exclusive events. Rep. Shea (R-Spokane) has been listed as an ALEC State Chair since July 29, 2017. In November of 2018, The Seattle Times reported that Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich had referred Shea to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for circulating a manifesto advocating a U.S. holy war that Knezovich described as a "'how to' manual consistent with the ideology and operating philosophy of the Christian Identity/Aryan Nations movement and the Redoubt movement of the 1990s." Shea's "Biblical Basis for War" calls for the killing of all males who do not agree to "obey" biblical law."
