So I clicked through a couple links to find actual quotes instead of grandstanding by the democrats that "The Republicans threatened VIOLENCE!!!!!" [pearl clutching]
Turns out, according to Oregon Live, State Senator Brian Boquist did indeed say the quote mentioned upthread.
The governor’s hint that she would consider sending troopers in the event of a second walkout triggered an aggressive response from Boquist, which was captured by a KGW news team at the Capitol.
“This is what I told the superintendent,” Boquist said, referring to OSP Superintendent Travis Hampton. “Send bachelors and come heavily armed. I’m not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon. It’s just that simple.”
Which made me chuckle a little, but the best quote is later in the article:
In an email to The Oregonian/OregonLive Wednesday afternoon, Boquist stuck with his earlier statement and rejected a reporter’s characterization of his threat to troopers as “thinly veiled.”
“Nothing thinly veiled,” Boquist wrote. “I have been in political coup attempts. I have been held hostage overseas. I have been jailed politically overseas … Not going to be arrested as a political prisoner in Oregon period.”
I think I kinda like this guy.