Speaker to Dems: ‘Don’t be like Missouri’
Jess Piper, executive director of Blue Missouri and host of the "Dirt Road Democrat" podcast, speaks to a room of 175 guests Saturday night during the 2024 Democracy Dinner at the Best Western Plus Coeur d'Alene Inn.
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Former legislative candidate Teresa Borrenpohl, right, says a few words Saturday night as she and Kootenai County Democrats Communications Committee Chair Sarah Glenn, left, receive Rising Star Awards, announced by First Vice Chair of the Idaho Democratic Party Evan Koch.
COEUR d’ALENE — Blue Missouri Executive Director Jess Piper shared a warning with attendees of the 2024 Democracy Dinner: “Don’t be like Missouri — do not go down this path.”
Piper said she nearly attended the Kansas City Super Bowl parade Wednesday with her daughter, but thanked God they weren’t able to go. One person was killed and 21 were injured in a mass shooting that took place where she and her daughter would have been during the celebration.
“In Missouri, we don’t have an age requirement to carry a long gun in public,” Piper told a crowd of 175 guests Saturday night. “That’s what’s going on in places like Missouri.”
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