{"id":2709,"date":"2023-12-14T16:51:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T16:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idahocgg.org\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2023-12-14T17:26:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:26:13","slug":"we-have-a-serious-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idahocgg.org\/?p=2709","title":{"rendered":"We have a serious problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2709\" class=\"elementor elementor-2709\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff1284f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff1284f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86b66d2\" data-id=\"86b66d2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d3a0b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d3a0b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We have a serious problem<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b8eee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79b8eee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/idahocgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brad-Little-being-inaugurated-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2711\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idahocgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brad-Little-being-inaugurated-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/idahocgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brad-Little-being-inaugurated-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/idahocgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brad-Little-being-inaugurated-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/idahocgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brad-Little-being-inaugurated-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/idahocgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brad-Little-being-inaugurated.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5bea9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5bea9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Here&#8217;s a letter we found in the Idaho Free Press that we thought was well worth posting:<\/span><\/p><p>We have a very serious problem with big money special interest groups funding certain politicians. These funds, in turn, give these politicians the power to further influence elections and voting behavior by setting up <a title=\"Other groups like us\" href=\"https:\/\/idahocgg.org\/other-groups-like-us\/\">PACs (Political Action Committees)<\/a> that their backers help fund.<\/p><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"main-content col-lg-8 col-md-7 has-sidebar\"><div class=\"main-content-wrap\"><div id=\"asset-content\" data-asset-uuid=\"b7a8b166-9921-11ee-88f6-5bb8eaa8c9ff\" data-smart-adunit=\"\/132916964,22673568644\/idahocountyfreepress.com\/opinion\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\" data-subscription-required-class=\"col-xs-12\"><div class=\"asset-body\" data-subscription-required-class=\"asset-body\"><div id=\"article-body\" class=\"asset-content subscriber-premium\"><div class=\"subscriber-preview\"><p>Last month, a group called the <a href=\"https:\/\/liberty-pac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Idaho Liberty PAC<\/a> spent nearly $50,000 on literature and staff targeting senators <a href=\"https:\/\/index.idahofreedom.org\/legislator-profile\/?id=23169&amp;_year=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tammy Nichols<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/index.idahofreedom.org\/legislator-profile\/?id=28662&amp;_year=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Trakel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/index.idahofreedom.org\/legislator-profile\/?id=28660&amp;_year=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Lenney<\/a>. These three senators are all members of <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomcaucus.wastateleg.org\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Freedom Caucus<\/a>, a group of state legislators committed to safeguarding Idahoans\u2019 freedoms and liberty and exposing RINO (Republicans In Name Only) voting records.<\/p><div class=\"tnt-ads-container text-center\"><div id=\"tnt-smart-ad-1\" class=\"tnt-ads dfp-smart-ad\" data-google-query-id=\"CKeSr9Wvj4MDFXe3fwQdaH4EXw\"><div>\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/132916964,22673568644\/idahocountyfreepress.com\/opinion_7__container__\">In typical Marxist fashion, the <a href=\"https:\/\/liberty-pac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Idaho Liberty PAC<\/a> campaign falsely accuses the senators of defunding police, veterans and prisons and (absurdly) trying to turn Idaho into San Fransisco, allegations that more accurately describe their own leftist agenda.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"tncms-region-article_instory_top\" class=\"tncms-region hidden-print\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"subscriber-only\"><p><a title=\"The Problem with RINOs and DINOs\" href=\"https:\/\/idahocgg.org\/the-problem-with-rinos-and-dinos\/\">RINO legislators<\/a> will pack a spending bill to include funding for such leftist programs as diversity, equity, inclusion, critical race theory, LGBTQ, gender identity and abortion. Then, when a real conservative opposes the bill, they point out how the bill funds police, veterans or prisons and say they oppose that. Trying to make us think the good senators are bad and the bad good.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"subscriber-only\"><p>Idaho Liberty PAC has received $340,000 from the <a href=\"https:\/\/idahovictoryfund.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Idaho Victory Fund<\/a>, a PAC that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastidahonews.com\/2021\/12\/little-reports-nearly-1-million-in-campaign-contributions-heres-where-the-other-candidates-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received $1,160,580<\/a> during the past three years. Most of their contributions have come from big corporations, many of which represent the healthcare industry. $500,000 came from something called the Idaho Inaugural Committee. Prior to the Friends of Brad Little PAC being formed, it was known as the Idaho Inaugural Committee. These snakes are all in bed together and use legal schemes to deceive us.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"tncms-region-article_instory_middle\" class=\"tncms-region hidden-print\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"subscriber-only\"><p>I just received a flier in the mail <a title=\"The Carlson Hit Job\" href=\"https:\/\/idahocgg.org\/the-carlson-hit-job\/\">accusing Senator Cindy Carlson<\/a> of not wanting U of I students to be safe. In actuality, she conservatively opposed a bill that would increase taxpayer funding of U of I by $1,000,000.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"subscriber-only\"><p>These RINOs and big corporate backers will be using their money to trick you into voting for more RINOs and against the true conservatives who really care about Idahoans. <strong>Don\u2019t be fooled.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><div class=\"subscriber-only\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\">Jay Maxner<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a serious problem Here&#8217;s a letter we found in the Idaho Free Press that we thought was well worth posting: We have a very serious problem with big money special interest groups funding certain politicians. 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