Freese said it

Back in April I posted a comment from a Republican state representative who said,

"There are three parties in this state. There are normal Republicans, normal Democrats, and Charlie Sykes Stormtroopers. He says jump, they ask 'how high?'"

I refused to say who it was, not because I thought there was anything wrong with disclosing the information, but because my job at the time left me with no choice.

I no longer have that concern. Steve Freese, the longtime Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore, made the comment at the Richland County Lincoln Day Dinner in April.