Political career of Matthew "Matt" Shea
1996-2005: Second Lieutenant, United States Army
- deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq, and Kuwait. Disarmed by a commander during service for 'anger issues'
2005-2006: Captain, Washington Army National Guard
2008: Founder, Washington Family Foundation
- socially conservative advocacy group, later merged with the Family Policy Institute of Washington
2008: Founder, ACT! for America (Spokane Chapter)
- U.S.-based anti-Muslim "advocacy" group, designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center
2009-2021: Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 4th district
'08: defeated Tim Hattenburg
'10: [unopposed]
'12: defeated Amy Biviano
'16: defeated Scott Stucker
'18: defeated Ted Cummings
- repeatedly attempted to block the recognition of same-sex marriage
- billed $4,700 for olive oil poured on Capitol steps in response to Satanist demonstration
- distributed a document titled "Biblical Basis for War", advocating for a religiously-motivated civil war
- accused of domestic terrorism by the FBI, refused to resign
2014: Founding member & Chairman, Coalition of Western States (COWS)
- supported of the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom
2021-2023: Pastor, Covenant Christian Church (Spokane)
- delivered multiple sermons deriding the Biden administration as "marxist dictators" and repeatedly advocated fundamentalist extremism
2023-2024: Private citizen, Republican
- anonymously published another manifesto titled "Freedom by Blood", after a racially-motivated terrorist attack in Oregon left 30+ dead
- briefly reentered the public consciousness following his defence of former president Donald Trump during his SCONY trial, claiming a deep-state conspiracy
2024: Republican Party Primary candidate for Washington's 5th District
lost to Nadine Woodward
2025-2026: Private citizen, Republican
- led counter-protests in Spokane following the 2024 General Election controversy, resulting in four dead and nine injured
2026: Republican Party candidate for Governor of Washington
defeated Matt Boehnke, Caleb Heimlich, others
lost to Lisa Herbold
- maintained state-level Democrats had 'stolen' the election by bussing in liberal voters
2026-2030: Private citizen, Republican
- appeared on Fox News in defence of rising white supremacist beliefs within federal immigration agencies
2028: Republican Party candidate for Washington's 3rd District
defeated J.T Wilcox
2029-2033: Representative for Washington
defeated Joe Nguyen, Kshama Sawant (Socialist Alternative)
- maintained that President Buttigieg was the 'greatest threat to both our god and our country' and vowed to stonewall any legislation
- voted in lockstep with the pro-Trump faction of the Republican party, of which he was a vocal member
- claimed Democratic party made use of 'socialist gestapo agents' following the arrest of State Rep. Ammon Bundy
- despite staunch opposition to the Buttigieg administration, voted "Yes" twice to the Resolutions for War against Turkey and Venezuela
- advocated multiple congressional actions based on far-right conspiracy theories, was censured twice by Speaker of the House Cedric Richmond
- lost reelection to City Councilwoman Varisha Khan despite claiming voting machines were hacked by Chinese trollfarms
2033-2035: Private citizen, Republican
- entered into outstanding legal disputes with American intelligence agencies following the conclusion of his domestic terrorism investigation, all while continuing to post on far-right message boards anonymously, frequently advocating for a biblical race war
- United States begins suffering from widespread cyberattacks on it's national grid, prompting xenophobic resentment to skyrocket
2035: Member of the Patriotic Christian States Compact (PCSC)
- fed sensitive information concerning congressional security to the organisation, resulting in the Bloody Thursday Massacre
- arrested by federal agents on treason charges
2035-2037: Political prisoner
- tried and sentenced to life imprisonment in the USP Florence ADMAX
2037-present: (unknown)
- declared 'missing' after the PCSC raided the prison complex
- multiple individuals claim Shea continues as the organisation's leader/"Verum Bellator"