OPINION: Take Back Idaho takes aim at the far right
Chuck Malloy
The terms “Republican” and “conservative” in Idaho are well defined … by Wayne Hoffman’s Idaho Freedom Foundation. And the only “true” Republicans in the state Legislature are those who score high on the IFF’s “Freedom Index.”
It also helps to oppose Gov. Brad Little on education spending and the Launch program for Idaho high school students — which has become one of his signature issues. Those who support Little’s education agenda are branded as RINOs, or Republicans in Name Only.
A group called Take Back Idaho has launched a campaign to provide a different sort of narrative from the IFF and those to the right. The group includes past Republican office holders such as former House Speaker Bruce Newcomb, former Secretary of State Ben Ysursa and former Attorney General (and now columnist) Jim Jones.
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