Two Mass. politicians named in Oath Keepers' membership lists

A candidate looking to retake his post as the Barnstable County Commissioner and a Wilbraham Republican Town Committee member were included on the ...

September 15, 2022
3:36 AM

A candidate looking to retake his post as the Barnstable County Commissioner and a Wilbraham Republican Town Committee member were included on the Oath Keepers' membership database, a far-right paramilitary group that rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 last year. Republican candidate Ron Beaty of Barnstable and Committeeman David A. Sanders of Wilbraham were both included on an Oath Keeper membership list obtained by the nonprofit journalist collective Distributed Denial of Secrets. According to DDoSecrets, the list includes people who signed up and paid dues to the organization, which was then analyzed by the ADL state by state.

Aidan Connelly