{"id":1704038,"date":"2022-10-20T12:50:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1704038"},"modified":"2022-10-20T12:50:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:50:44","slug":"they-are-agents-of-chaos-youngkin-urges-oregon-voters-to-oust-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-are-agents-of-chaos-youngkin-urges-oregon-voters-to-oust-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Are Agents of Chaos\u2019: Youngkin Urges Oregon Voters To Oust Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthey-are-agents-of-chaos-youngkin-urges-oregon-voters-to-oust-democrats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1704038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>AURORA, Ore.\u2014In a spirited Tuesday night speech, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R., Va.) urged voters to follow in Virginia&#8217;s footsteps and elect a Republican governor, calling on Oregonians to put an end to destructive Democratic policies that have escalated crime.<\/p>\n<p>At a packed event for GOP gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan, Youngkin slammed Democrats in Virginia and Oregon for their efforts to &#8220;demean and defund law enforcement,&#8221; which he said have caused crime to spike. Youngkin criticized Drazan&#8217;s opponent, Democrat Tina Kotek, and warned the crowd that the &#8220;Kotek-Biden agenda&#8221; led to the legalization of drugs that have taken over Oregon&#8217;s communities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are agents of chaos. They&#8217;re not trying to solve your problems\u2014they&#8217;re trying to stay in power,&#8221; Youngkin told the crowd of more than 2,000 voters. &#8220;It&#8217;s your moment to take back your state, take back your schools, take back your cities, take back your law enforcement, and to make a statement that just like in Virginia will be heard around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The last five polls in the governor&#8217;s race have Drazan ahead of Kotek, with the most recent <a href=\"http:\/\/cloutpolitical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2022\/10\/OR-Statewide-Poll-Topline-Report-10-10-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showing<\/a> a 5-point lead.<\/p>\n<p>The speech drew a sharp contrast with remarks President Joe Biden delivered last weekend in Portland on behalf of Kotek, in which he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/10\/15\/remarks-by-president-biden-in-a-reception-for-tina-kotek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Oregon was on &#8220;the forefront of change\u2014positive change.&#8221; Voters who spoke with the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> at Drazan&#8217;s event said rising crime, rampant drug abuse, and a homelessness crisis have convinced them otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going backwards,&#8221; said Cheryl Seratt, who lives in Milwaukie. &#8220;My neighbors don&#8217;t care for it even though they&#8217;re pretty liberal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seratt said she and her husband used to shop and dine in downtown Portland, but they stopped going years ago. &#8220;It&#8217;s not safe. It&#8217;s trashed,&#8221; she said. State Democrats &#8220;are trying to cut down on cigarette smokers and vaping, but won&#8217;t go after the harder drugs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her husband, a former construction worker, said he used to find people dead from drug overdoses underneath his tarps at building sites.<\/p>\n<p>Drug overdose deaths more than doubled in Oregon between 2019 and 2021, spurred by the proliferation of fentanyl. Kotek voted for a sweeping drug decriminalization bill, which outgoing Democratic governor Kate Brown signed last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m hoping Drazan can salvage what Brown has ruined,&#8221; said Andy Holthouse, a retiree from Oregon City, who called the Democrats&#8217; decision to decriminalize all drugs in small amounts a &#8220;joke.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you have personal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AURORA, Ore.\u2014In a spirited Tuesday night speech, Gov. 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