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An armed protester at the Malhuer National Wildlife Refuge says the militants will end their standoff if Chris Christie can beat him in one round of sumo wrestling.

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It's Day 24 of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge standoff near Burns.

Just how bored are the armed militants occupying the property's gift shop/office building?

One of the more broad-in-the-beam "patriots" has posted a YouTube video with a bizarro challenge to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie: Come to Oregon and battle him in 10 sumo rounds.

If Christie can win just one of the rounds, Idaho-based occupier Kelly Gneiting says the "militia" will end the standoff and walk away.

In the three-minute video, Gneiting, dressed only in a sumo loincloth, calls Christie his "little brother" and slaps his bare, pink skin as a yellow "Don't Tread on Me" flag dances in the cold eastern Oregon wind.

I think Christie could take him. Whatdaya say, governor?

Opportunity is knocking.

Christie's presidential bid needs a kick in the britches. His state's residents aren't so thrilled with him, either. A belly-bump smackdown is a guaranteed poll booster.

Do it! For Oregon! For New Jersey! For America! For the good people of Burns!

U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

Update: You may be asking why Gneiting has a sumo mawashi at the compound. Well, he is a champion sumo wrestler, according to a 2014 profile in The Orange County Register.

He is also the founder of the Bundy family's political party -- the Independent American Party.

-- Joseph Rose

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jrose@oregonian.com

@josephjrose