Some context and history:
When that militia took over part of Oregon from Utah a few years ago, all the Republican presidential candidates, including Trump, tripped over themselves to endorse the cause of the terrorists (though stopping short of endorsing the action exactly)
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...a_adminis.html

Then the GOP in Portland agreed to allow rightwing militias provide their security instead of law enforcement:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...litia-security
https://www.portlandmercury.com/blog...o-run-security

Encouraged, a bunch of out-of-state rightwing militia types continued to invade Oregon. It was shown that they had a cozy relationship with the police the entire time:
https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/20...warm-exchange/

There were other escalations. The right-wingers marched on one of the few minority strongholds in Oregon:
https://www.portlandmercury.com/blog...-in-montavilla

Some of the militia-types felt emboldened to start killing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_P...d_train_attack

Started sacking union halls:
https://www.portlandmercury.com/blog...ayer-attention

Among other things.
Thus far, the only response has been the GOP cheerleading and endorsing these assholes, the police cozying up to them, and the courts being very selective about what they do to these creeps, and they keep coming.

Lately, looking for a fight, they came down town and started bear-macing patrons in a bar. The police, slow to respond, were too late to do anything and little happened. So the owner of the establishment is trying to use civil courts to finally bring these jerks in:
https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/20...ay-on-may-day/

These fascists have, in retaliation, decided to come back to Portland, burn the court papers, and try to pick fights yet again:
https://rosecityantifa.org/articles/...-june-29-2019/

Yet according to morons like lewk the real threat is antifa throwing pee and it's really not that big of a thing that right wing terrorists are now shutting down an entire state.