Immigration rally in Portland, Ore., Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 (Credit: AP Photo/Don Ryan) Two days after a hate crime left two people dead on a Portland, Ore., train, the chairman of the Multnomah County Republican Party is considering using right-wing militias to protect members of the GOP when they are in “the public square.” James Buchal told The Guardian that he was “sort of evolving to the point where I think that it is appropriate for Republicans to continue to go out there.