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Haney Challenged to Denounce Oath Keepers

(La Porte County, IN) - The LaPorte County Democratic Party called on LaPorte Co. Commissioner Joe Haney to "renounce the far-right anti-government militia group Oath Keepers."

 

The written request comes after Haney was listed as just one of six elected officials in Indiana on a leaked Oathkeepers' membership/supporters' list by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

 

La Porte County Democrat Party spokesman Corey Campbell said that while "Haney denies ties to the group, on his 13C Guns Facebook site, he claimed to be an "Oath Keeper" years ago and even posted a photo of himself on Instagram as recently as May 2020."

 

In the photo, Haney is wearing an "Oathkeeper's badge plain as day on his vest," according to Campbell.

 

"He may not be a dues-paying member, but he certainly appears to have been a supporter of the group, and now he shows up on this leaked membership/supporters' list," Campbell said.

According to party officials, Haney told the Times of Northwest Indiana on Sunday that "the most recent events they've been involved in is not something that's acceptable."

 

"Does he mean the insurrection on January 6, 2021, where brave members of law enforcement died defending the U.S. Capitol? Where's the full-throated denunciation of the group and all it stands for?" Campbell said.

Since elected, Campbell also said that Haney often expresses "paranoid, delusional fantasies" during commissioners' meetings, similar to other Oath Keepers members. In addition, Campbell alleges that Haney's other expressions of corruption in county government seem to echo the same conspiracy theory tales and other claims Oath Keeper members allege about other branches of government.

 

"It's high time Commissioner Haney come out and vigorously condemn the Oath Keepers and all their conspiratorial nonsense and anti-government rhetoric and stop his own campaign of baseless accusations of corruption and fraud in county government when he doesn't have a shred of proof to back up anything," Campbell said.

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