Only 13 percent of county voters are registered as Republicans. The party’s volunteer ranks are even smaller: 179 members. And Portland, never a GOP stronghold, has embraced its fiercest Little Beirut reputation since the November election, with antifascist and anarchist groups marching in the streets to battle self-proclaimed neo-Nazis.
Willamette Week, “Multnomah County Republican Party Chair Says His Plan to Use Paramilitary Groups for Security Isn’t Radical—It’s a Frugal Response to Threats”
