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Democrats calling for Shea to be expelled after this weekend’s developments.

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Gov. Jay Inslee on Shea: "Rep. Matt Shea's history of hate has now crossed a new line."

Full statement from @GovInslee :

BREAKING: House Republican Leader Rep. JT Wilcox on Shea: “Threats of political violence have no place in our society and I condemn them in the strongest terms. The statements made by others in a text conversation with Representative Matt Shea were wrong and deeply upsetting."

Rep. Matt Shea breaks his silence:

Spokane Democrats say "Shea's dangerously extremist views are not new... Mr. Shea is no stranger to initiating harassment and intimidation."

Full statement from 4th Legislative District Democrats, which includes multiple calls to action:

First political cartoon about Rep. Matt Shea’s recent controversy, courtesy of @RR_Anderson :

BREAKING: Spokane Co. Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich says the controversy surrounding Matt Shea is just the beginning: "There's more to come, folks. This isn't the last shoe to drop. There are more and more people coming forward."

Knezovich, a Republican, believes Shea is running background checks to "target political enemies."

"This isn't about Matt being worried about death threats."

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Shea told @jasonrantz he was "absolutely" added into the conversation towards the end... but that contradicts what the chat logs show. According to the conversation provided by two insiders, Shea was in the chat from the beginning.

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Shea's group chat was originally titled 'The White Movement' in Russian.

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