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OPINION: Desperate rhetoric from Idaho's faux Republicans

by TRENT LYNN CLARK/Guest Opinion
| May 8, 2024 1:00 AM

A prominent feature in Idaho’s Republican headquarters is the party’s “Hall of Fame.” It is a wall covered with dark walnut-looking commemorative plaques featuring hundreds of small brass nameplates.

On each plate is engraved a name recognized by the Party as having advanced Republican governing philosophy: lower taxes, more personal responsibility, and freedom from overreaching government regulation.

If you listen to this year’s Primary Election debate, that Hall of Fame is a fraud. Those names are mostly “RINOs” (Republicans-in-name-only), turncoats to “true” Republican principles — especially the names on the wall the longest.

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