WTF is up with Idaho?

While Gov. Brad Little (R-ID) is down at the southern border, fellow Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin signed an executive order as acting governor banning vaccine requirements or mandatory testing in K-12 schools and universities.

Little is not happy.
Here's Gov. Little's statement from the border:
We call this an Idaho Grandstand-off
Who would out-Republican the Republican governor of Idaho on COVID while he's at the southern border?

Here's Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin:

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