you. reporter: i call it shast-taliban. the anti-mask people, anti-science people. antivax people. reporter: she runs an online website covering shasta county. unabashed democratic, she backed oath moty. with his recall, it s now the far-right and majority control. they forced the ouster of a supervisor who had truly done nothing wrong. i m fearful about the kinds of people who come in and how they will vote and what will happen to shasta county. reporter: the most visible national face of this local recall is california state militia member carlos zapata. who appeared op conspiracy out let boards. you don t vote your way out of socialism. once it takes root, the only way to eradicate it is to fight with arms, have a violent, violent confrontation, blood in the streets. reporter: and whose speech at the shasta county board went viral.
it s very disheartening to here to have a group be able to spend that much money to personally assault my reputation that i worked for 44 years to build in my hometown. reporter: did the extremists win? the first battle. i think the republican party is falling apart. don t think it s going away. don t think this can t happen to you. reporter: i call it shast taliban. the anti-mask people, anti-science people. reporter: she runs an online website covering shasta county. ununabashed democratic, she backed oath moty. with his recall, it s now the far-right and majority control. they forced the ouster of a supervisor who had truly done nothing wrong. i m fearful about the kinds of people who come in and how they will vote and what will happen to shasta county. reporter: the most visible national face of this local