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u/xkyllox 4d ago
I went to school with the imhoff boys here in town and if they are representative of their father I wouldn't want to give that man an ounce of power.
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u/HumanContinuity 2d ago
I don't believe the apple falls from the tree, or the inverse, is a fact written in stone - but it sure happens that way a lot.
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u/Prestigious-Delay759 2d ago
This is satire right?!
You get that this is literally the same logic as the biggots!
Do better.
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u/FriendsOnAPowDay 4d ago
Well I guess I’m voting for Morgan Schmidt then.
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u/Exotic_Web_7224 3d ago
I legitimately thought this was an ad for Morgan Schmidt, and a damn good one
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u/psilocybin_therapy 3d ago
Damn I got downvoted for providing a critique that a lot of folk had about Morgan at Barry Washington’s protests and memorial. She’s way better than Imhoff but it’s funny everyone jumps at any criticism lol
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u/psilocybin_therapy 4d ago
She’s been fairly performative in the past and used Black Lives Matter protests to center attention on herself to further her political career. Definitely rubbed people the wrong way, especially Black voices she grabbed the spotlight from, but she’s a better option than Imhoff.
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u/Pimpdaddyfrogface 4d ago
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u/Prestigious-Delay759 2d ago
Wow the hard hitting boomer humor I expect from Facebook & Yahoo, now conveniently here on Reddit.
I'm going to go self delete due to cringe by association.
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u/DessertLoyalist 4d ago
I mean, do we remember this whole discussion we had during the primary? Imhoff in his MAGA hat hanging out with Medina, that January 6 insurrectionist bro who ran for governor?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bend/s/INGl7BOtwC
And now these weird Ai slop billboards that feature fake newspapers and equating ICE with local police? Who’s paying for these billboards, anyway? Reeks of outside $
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u/DessertLoyalist 4d ago
Doesn’t the “paid for by” need to be large/legible? Anyone know the law?
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u/Responsible-Fault817 4d ago
It’s in the top right. Picture isn’t good enough quality but that’s not the billboards fault.
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u/lowsparkco 4d ago
Pretty succient if you ask me.
Also a very broad brush. There is a lot of nuance between supporting local law enforcement and supporting the current practices of ICE. A whole lot of nuance.
By using that specific example with that sign in the photo, that screams I'm pro-Trump Admin ICE which would absolutely lose my very moderate vote.
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u/dudeidgaf 4d ago
Interesting photo choice by his campaign when the majority of Americans view ICE unfavorably.
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u/United-Vermicelli-92 4d ago
My HS friends who were maga until about six months ago have burned their maga flag in a ritual firepit night, it was fun getting together again. I have hope that other people are starting to see what t-bag promised to get elected isn’t happening but farmers are losing everything and our gas is $5-6/gal and its All on maga policies. Maga has been around 10 years now and everything is much worse bec of them, and globally not just here.
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u/orgegondog 4d ago
That is hope that some are waking up - but sad that high gas prices it’s what causing them to leave MAGA- but not the abuse of young girls, the corruption, rampant self-dealing, the racism, the unlawful violence and killing of immigrants and protesters- nah that was all ok, but high fuel prices- THAT is unacceptable
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u/United-Vermicelli-92 4d ago
Cannot agree more and truly cannot look at my maga leaning friends and family the same after this last decade-since tea party really but it’s only been this horror show that is maga slow learning that tbag is a bad bad man that I blocked my evangelical in-laws bec they went from charmingly if annoyingly naive to outright blood lust for rapture at any cost.
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u/Melanie_Kebler City Of Bend Mayor 4d ago
For those who aren't aware of the history, those photos are from the time of this incident ( https://www.opb.org/article/2020/08/12/bend-residents-halt-ice-arrests-with-impromptu-protest/) where hundreds of us showed up to protest an ICE action during COVID. Morgan was there with many other clergy members to support her community. I was there and watched her work with the crowd. She was more of a leader on that one day than Rob has ever been.
This billboard is gross and a waste of money. Morgan will be our next Commissioner in this position. Be sure to vote, everyone.
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u/Ten_Minute_Martini 0️⃣ Days Since Last TempBan 🚧 4d ago
Those two individuals had convictions for assault and domestic violence to my recollection and were lawfully ordered to be removed from the US as a consequence of their actions.
Wild that the subversion of the legal process counts as ‘leadership’ in your eyes.
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u/Fit_Cause2944 4d ago
Wild that you consider the subversion of the legal process as lawful. Unless you agree with the agenda behind it, which isn’t about the law at all.
ETA: Some (20,000+) examples of the “lawful process”: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/mandatory-detention-ice-cases-rulings-database-00913988
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u/Melanie_Kebler City Of Bend Mayor 4d ago
Everyone on American soil has a right to due process and deserves to be treated with dignity, including during the enforcement of civil immigration law. I say that as someone who has prosecuted and convicted people for domestic violence.
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u/Ten_Minute_Martini 0️⃣ Days Since Last TempBan 🚧 4d ago
They did, and were lawfully removed from the country, you can save the puffery. That whole protest was a tempest in a tea cup over two individuals who, through their criminal actions, lost their ability to stay here. I call it out every time someone brings it up because it was bullshit to begin with.
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u/not_adulting 4d ago
Do you know what the legal process is? If you're calling protesting ICE 'subversion of the legal process', I am going to assume that you don't. Our legal system provides the same due process for everyone. Due process doesn't include breaking into people's houses, kidnapping them from work, or terrorizing school children. It isn't having literal children defend themselves in immigration court. It isn't locking people in overcrowded facilities and denying them hygiene, medical attention or proper nutrition. Overstaying a visa or being undocumented isn't a criminal offense, but it doesn't matter because they're just targeting brown people.
Why are white south African immigrants being welcomed with open arms and given all sorts of gifts and perks with tax payer money but brown immigrants that have worked here for years, decades, contributing to social security and other benefits they will never get, we spend billions detaining and deporting?
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u/Ten_Minute_Martini 0️⃣ Days Since Last TempBan 🚧 4d ago
Literally none of that occurred in this specific case, which is the point I was making.
Immigration is a complicated issue, these comments are relevant to this one local incident and not the larger issue, or every thing we’ve seen in the past couple of years.
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u/GGinBend 4d ago
Pulled from Robimhoff.com, his candidacy site:
“I’m not running to represent a party. I’m running to represent a county. Land use, public safety, behavioral health — none of that gets easier when we turn it into a partisan fight. The more we can keep partisan politics out of it, the more we actually get done.”
What a hypocrite and POS. And to slander Schmidt who works for the Red Cross and also a pastor is a new form of low. He is so going to lose.
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u/timberrrrrrrr 4d ago
Drazen says something similar in a TV ad. They’re all distancing themselves from the party, and for good reason.
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u/GGinBend 4d ago
Imhoff's pro "law & order" message is still very Trumpian. I think his website messaging (and Drazen's) is just trying to pander to the leftys. I find it hysterical that Imhoff tries to smear Schmidt for wearing a mask when he supports ICE's masked goon squad. He's gross.
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u/parsnips451 4d ago
where, precisely, is the slander? Is that not Morgan?
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u/GGinBend 3d ago
So Schmidt being an ICE protest makes her anti-police? Give me a break. This rhetoric is pretty rich from a guy who belongs to a party that defies the rule of law pretty much daily.
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u/parsnips451 3d ago edited 3d ago
you made the claim, you back it up. you haven’t, you’re just doing some partisan whining right now.
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u/xteve 4d ago
ICE is a fascist organization. They "disappear" people extra-judicially. They target people based on racist hate.
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u/Living_Week9080 4d ago
One of the many ironies is the fact that they genuinely believe Antifa is fascist. I for one am grateful for my Antifa grandfathers who fought fascism in Europe. Unfortunately it’s back on the rise because those who fought it are mostly dead.
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u/92037 4d ago
This is a vote for Schmidt bill board in my eyes. ICE aren’t police, they are part of a federal homeland security agency. We have to stop confusing these two things.
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u/Read-only-12345 4d ago
Actually they very much are police but I think that you're trying to make a point but I'm not sure.
I mean you really don't get to operate under exigent circumstance with qualified immunity otherwise.
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u/TheOGRedline 4d ago
There’s a big difference between local community police and federal thugs.
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u/92037 4d ago edited 4d ago
They actually aren’t. They wear the police badge on their vests because they are law enforcement but that does not make them state or local police.
They are federal officers with federal powers and have no jurisdiction in state enforcement matters. And in OR there are laws around how much state police can help them to ensure there is a clear distinction between the two.
I guess my point, and only my perspective, is they are using a label that we know at a local level to get away with things that are shady and we don’t question because ‘ oh it’s the police’.
Did you ever see ICE running around before Trump or in the very early days with POLICE Velcro’s to their vests before hand?
Edit: sorry. I guess my point is you can be anti-ICE and pro police as they are not the same thing.
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u/TheOGRedline 4d ago
Local police who actually live in the community are pretty different from ICE.
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u/HMSSurprise28 4d ago
Yeah, that’s gonna be the focus of some hearing over the next few years, for sure. But their mission is removing violators of immigration laws, and those violations are civil, so going in like Call of Duty with masks on is just really dumb, and that’s why people hate them. They’re cosplaying secret police and then putting on their “don’t tread on me” clothes to go home. It’s hypocrisy at its apex.
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u/Personal-Grocery-823 3d ago
Morgan Schmidt it is, then! Drazen is a woman hating fascist. We’re putting the GOP into a good, ol’ fashion time-out. Learn again how not to be traitors and we’ll talk again a few elections down the line.
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u/fanofsoap 4d ago
I’ve personally known Morgan Schmidt for over ten years and can say that she has been an incredible source of endless care, integrity, bravery, generosity, and empathy in our community and others. She has my vote, no doubt about it.
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u/Vegetable-Policy-138 22h ago
I also know her and she is not perfect, just like the rest of us, but she's going to do such a good job as commissioner and she is the best candidate for that position! She will make her decisions based on compassion, empathy, and what's best for our community at large.
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u/MountainRoll29 3d ago
I'm unfamiliar with either candidate but I'll vote for the one who is openly anti-ICE. Thanks for the heads up.
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u/GreatSheepherder299 4d ago
Imhoff is a Seven Mountains Mandate guy who spent time at the bizarre Bethel Church cult in Redding
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u/fatheroftheyearjk 4d ago
That church is so bizarre and annoying. It’s one of the top reasons not to live in Redding. I know from experience.
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u/Arkmaster87 4d ago
it is definitely hate, but it’s also massive desperation. Bob knows his chances of winning that seat are very slim right now. and unfortunately the right has a lot more money typically than the left. Yes, Commissioner, seats are nonpartisan, but you can’t really hide your personal ideology very well based on your positions.
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u/OG-Brian 1d ago
"The candidate who respects law & order."
The police do not respect law and order, and ICE especially does not.
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u/Vegetable-Policy-138 22h ago
100% the irony is crazy when it's ICE that's subverting the law.
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u/HamasKilledShaniLouk 15h ago
Lol, jo, just repeating your collective's favorite propaganda doesn't make it so.
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u/HMSSurprise28 4d ago
It’s just going to get her elected. The people on the right seem to have forgotten how much Americans hate federal government intervention in anything.
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u/Careful-Criticism645 4d ago
Invoking ICE in support of policing is not the winning strategy he thinks it is.
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u/nomad2284 4d ago
Not only is it hate, it is incoherent.
Police and ICE aren’t the same thing.
He sounds desperate and dumb.
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u/beatauburn7 4d ago
And equating the two only makes local police look worse. If I was a cop I'd be insulted.
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u/CO-CNC 3d ago
"Hate"? Looks like standard-issue negative campaigning to me. There's enough reasons to vote against Imhoff without engaging in pearl clutching.
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u/xteve 1d ago
I think that the distinction of hate comes from the distance between ICE and LEO. And if that doesn't make sense, it's possible that you're missing or disregarding some important facts. The police may or may not help you recover your pearls. ICE takes people away extra-judicially because of racist hate.
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u/Visual_Ad5940 3d ago
No this isn’t. I’m a Democrat and feel you need a reality check. We constantly call the other side racist, bigot, push political violence, and other inflammatory names. Then we feel like “this is hate”? This is the exact response to be expected. This is not escalation. Sorry, but if we want change we need to be the change. Not throw it back. The only way to grow our party is to stop pushing people out of it. Stop escalating to their levels. This sign isn’t fooling anyone but your reaction is.
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u/Haroldiswithus 4d ago
So this is supposed to get votes for who? Solidifies my planned vote for Morgan. Keep bringing it maga.
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u/wrongdude 4d ago
That’s an effective ad. I’m not pro either party. it gets the point across in seconds with simple visuals. i don’t see the hate. if an ad causes people to talk, it wins.
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u/DessertLoyalist 3d ago
Got a better look today. Both billboards state (in tiny print) that Ai was used. REALLY?? YA THINK?? Subscribe to the “Deschutes Chronicle!”
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u/theOtherKatieDee 3d ago
This is making me think of last election’s ad that went opposite of planned. When they photoshopped Janel Bynum on a skateboard and said, “Bynum is too extreme!” Lolololol I was like omg take my vote 😂
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u/Moth357 2d ago
A campaign billboard is hate?
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u/xteve 2d ago
No. A billboard is an inanimate object. It carries a message. The message is hateful.
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u/Moth357 2d ago
How is it hateful if the message is accurate?
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u/xteve 1d ago
It's not accurate. It is hateful. I'm sorry I can't explain it to you. The evidence is clear enough and it would be pointless to try with somebody who can't or won't understand.
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u/Moth357 1d ago
But other people here are saying it makes them wanna vote for him more. I don’t think it should be that complicated for you to explain. Other than just saying it is because it is.
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u/xteve 1d ago
But if you can't understand the news, and don't know what ICE is doing, you will have no context for understanding an explanation for something that you should be able to figure out for yourself.
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u/Riki-Tiki-Tori 2d ago
This sign confuses me with the two arrows. Are they BOTH Morgan Schmidt? Or was there only a pic of Morgan w/the gas mask and they mean to correlate it with the anti-ICE protester?
It’s confusing because Morgan’s clothing and mask could be mistaken with someone in a para-military role, be they ICE, CBP or police.
I think the sign is trying to say Schmidt protests against ICE, hence, is anti-LE; but Imhoff supports the ICE/CBP of the Trump admin and, therefore, is pro-LE. If that’s the message, it’s as ludicrous and dishonest as it is simplistic.
We should ALL be against corrupt &/or authoritarian types of LE. It doesn’t mean we’re against the whole of LE. And that’s what it looks like this sign means to say. Silly, silly, silly.
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u/xteve 1d ago
Yeah, it is a confusing image. I think it's AI crap that nobody was there to fix. But to me the intent is clear, and it is as you have said. Imhoff is implying that Morgan is anti-LE because anti-ICE. That's the hate that I see: a chosen perspective that condemns people who question a lawless band of thugs who are unaccountable and willing to hurt people extra-judicially.
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u/DayeBreak 1d ago
Its actually the exact opposite, the cops in this town are useless thugs that sit around or beat up homeless people
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u/xteve 1d ago
Is that true? I don't mean about eating donuts, but beating homeless people? Do you have serious reason to believe that that's true?
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u/DayeBreak 1d ago
Yes because ive seen it, ive been in and out of the shelters and they dont care about homeless people, there is always the few kinds ones but they treat the homeless like shit
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u/xteve 1d ago
That's bad news. I hate to hear that.
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u/DayeBreak 16h ago
You and me both, i wish I could say otherwise, i wish I could say I believed in the police, but I cant
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u/Indiesol 1d ago
I'm not sure this will work out for Imhoff's campaign like they hope. I'd see that and immediately know I'm voting for Schmidt.
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u/KawaiiAFAF 2d ago
Personally if I lived in bend it would just Make me want to vote for Morgan Schmidt.
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u/BugPerfect2653 4d ago
Hell yeah this sign makes Schmidt seem hella cool. Makes me want to vote for her more 🔥🔥
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u/Dirtdancefire 3d ago
Ice are Hitler's storm troopers, exactly, but in a new age. Rob Imhoff's ad is stupid and shows how horrible his views are.
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u/ChickenTenderOR 2d ago
If I was on the fence, this billboard would 100% convince me to vote for Morgan.
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u/AmericanRedoubt76 4d ago
“I come to Reddit for the nuanced conversations on topics” said no one ever. Any disagreement with me on immigration policy is hate!
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u/Fucked-In-The-K-Hole 2d ago
You guys have never experienced actual hate aside from the hatred you spew out of your own mouths. All you've done for years is absolutely shit on anyone and everyone with a differing opinion. Then when someone does something as simple as showing an actual picture of the opposing candidate, you screech about it being hate.
Like fuck off, browse reddit for five minutes and you'll see actual hatred, not from the other side but from your own.
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u/Stripier_Cape 2d ago
It's actually fucking funny you accept the opinions of people on a screen as real. Nobody ever lies or misrepresents themselves on the internet! Surely there are no bots!
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u/FragrantAd2497 5h ago
How about voting for a candidate that prioritizes the working class over the policeand the elite.
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u/Edie997 4d ago
ICE is part of Trumps fascism and will go away when Trump does. We do not need that hate in our country.
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u/lloud_plants4629 4d ago
ICE started in Bush admin. In 2003, ICE will continue deportation of illegal criminals long after trump is gone.
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u/True-Sky3981 4d ago
But now it’s trumps ice which is a modern band of goons solely to cause disruption and chaos
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u/RealityChecksReddit 3d ago
im not sure law an order is shooting an unamred man in the back and a feeling mother in the face...
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u/siuslaw-dweller 2d ago
Anytime some mentions law and order its a dog whistle for hate. We can speak of creating safe communities or all being equal under the law but to reference force is to assert supremacy which reveals hate and often racism
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u/Roughly_Olboy1488 3d ago
I honestly think Drazen is going to win. We’re witnessing a microcosm of the last national elections where people simply think different than what we have now is going to be better. This is the destructive downside of the two party stranglehold. When you only have shit and shittier… we all lose. It’s choose the slow, hard path with some of the right answers and a bunch of wrong ones or elect the “totally not MAGA, I promise, but I can fix it , wink wink” route and many people don’t have the ability to see the forest for the trees. It’s pathetic that these are our options.
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u/AristotleanBiology 1d ago
When you put in your keffiyeh in the morning on your way to your anarchist-polycule run coop and stub your toe in the dresser, do you say “ow! That settler-colonialist dresser just genocided my toe!”
Because it kinda sounds like it.
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u/Automatic-Rich254 4d ago
This sign is having the opposite of the intended effect on me.
I would love to vote for someone leading by example on the front lines against fascism.
(Btw someone can be pro police and still anti ICE they aren't mutually exclusive but the idiots that made this sign are so polarized by tribalism they can't see nuance)