Oregon GOP chair stepping down due to ‘warfare tactics’ within his own party

The chair of the Oregon Republican Party is stepping down due to “communist psychological warfare tactics” he believes are being used within his own party to “destroy anyone of true character.”

State Sen. Dallas Heard, a conservative from Myrtle Creek, wrote a letter to members of the Republican Party of Oregon announcing that he will step down on March 11. He’s keeping his legislative seat.

Heard’s letter encouraged his party colleagues to “guard” their “hearts against the wickedness” that exists within the Republican Party. His letter did not name any names but mentioned someone within the party deploying tactics that have harmed his physical and spiritual health. He wrote that he can no longer “survive exposure to the toxicity that can be found in this community.”

“The endless slander, gossip, conspiracies, sabotage, lies, hatred, pointless criticism, blocking of ideas, and mutiny brought against my administration has done what I once never thought possible,” Heard wrote. “They have broken my spirit. I can face the Democrats with courage and conviction, but I can’t fight my own people too.”

Heard wrote that Republicans must “beat the godless Left this November,” but also urged the party to not ignore the “wickedness within” their own organization.