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MY TURN: Idaho under threat from out-of-state liberals and in-state Republican establishment

by MATT EDWARDS/Citizens Alliance of Idaho
| February 12, 2026 1:00 AM

Becky Funk's recent opinion piece, "The out-of-state money myth," is a masterclass in establishment deflection. As founder of North Idaho Republicans, an outfit rooted in the failed Bill Kristol, Liz Cheney brand of Republicanism that has let Democrats steamroll conservatives for decades, Funk attacks the Citizens Alliance of Idaho PAC (CAI PAC) for accepting donations from conservative patriots nationwide. Yet she ignores the actual danger: massive out-of-state leftist funding pouring into Idaho to turn our red state into the blue neighbors to our west.

Funk distorts what I actually wrote in our donor letter. Here is the exact wording she references:

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