Jeers to — Scott, Dixon, Shea

In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune gives JEERS to the legislators who traveled to Malheur Wildlife Refuge to legitimize the protest by individuals who have taken up arms against the federal government:

You’d think Washington state Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, and Idaho state Reps. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, Sage Dixon, R-Ponderay, and Judy Boyle, R-Midvale, would have something better to do. You know - like their jobs in Olympia and Boise, respectively. Nor can they take a hint. Oregon state Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, asked them to mind their own business. But there they went on a “fact-finding” tour to meet with the armed insurrectionists led by another outsider - Nevada’s Ammon Bundy - who have occupied the refuge area and won’t leave until the federal government surrenders. If you’re looking for a dispassionate gathering of facts about the Bundy boys, don’t expect to obtain it from legislators who make the Tea Party look like the Urban League. More here.

Question: Did the visit by legislators Scott, Dixon, Shea and Boyle add legitimacy to the armed insurrection at Malheur Wildlife Refuge?