1/ A constituent asked Rep. Christensen about Rodriguez and Bundy’s calls for protests at private homes.
Christensen says he “…does not support going to their homes and never will.” Is this true? 🧵 #idpol#idleg
2/ In 2021 the Targeted Picketing Bill (HB 195) came before the house. This bill would have added penalties for targeted political harassment at private residences.
3/ In the fall of that same year a group of protesters went to the home of the mayor of Victor, Idaho to voice their opposition to the towns mask mandate. (Notice the paper bag hood.) #idpol#idleg
4/ A week or two later another protest was announced, this time in Driggs. Rep. Christensen promoted the protest on his official campaign page. #idpol#idleg
5/ True to his word, Rep. Christensen attended the protest and appeared to be open carrying a firearm.
I would add, there is nothing wrong or unlawful with open carrying on a public street in Driggs.
It looks like the paper bag hood guy is there too. #idpol#idleg
6/ Rep. Christensen admits to gathering with the protesters at the home of the mayor of Driggs and identified himself as a legislator verbally to get the mayor to confront him.
Was he armed while at the home protest as the photo above suggests? #idpol#idleg
7/ Rep. Christensen posted a link to Diego Rodriguez’s website that doxxed healthcare workers, CPS employees, and police officers. The site encouraged protests at their homes.
These are the kind of protests he claims to not support. #idpol#idleg
8/ Is it ok for a Idaho legislators to use their official campaign page to promote articles that dox healthcare workers?
He may argue he was only talking about LEOs… does that make everyone else fair targets for harassment?
1/ During the pandemic, alternative treatments for Covid were pitched as part of an ongoing misinformation campaign to stir anger towards Republicans who were not part of the #IFFNetwork. Was it all another big lie?
🔥🧵 #idpol#idleg#idgop#grafreceipts
2/ Elected officials including Idaho State Legislators promoted alternative treatments like Ivermectin. This aligned with national far-right propaganda networks that promoted this "treatment" to attack mainstream medicine.
3/ This led to a rush on an untested and unverified treatment that was potentially harmful. Some far-right followers caught up in the hysteria went so far as to get this from local farm supply stores and used a drug packaged for use in treating animals. businessinsider.com/people-poisoni…
1/ I warned Rep. Hanks not to block me on Facebook and she did anyway. I called her out on her dishonest statements and she violated my constitutionally protected right to public participation in policy discussion on her official Facebook page. #idpol#idleg
2/ This is not just a normal block on a page, this is a hard block, which means either she or someone who manages her official page submitted a false complaint to Facebook to prevent my profile from viewing or engaging with her page. #idpol#idleg
3/ I have a few options: file a public records request, contact the legislator and demand a reversal of the block, or contact my attorney. I may do one or more of these to ensure my rights are not trampled by this fake conservative who pretends to support the constitution. #idpol
1/ Did Idaho Freedom Foundation Board Member Bryan Smith admit to being a "dirty debt collector" in his speech? Let's learn more about congressional candidate Bryan Smith. 🔥🧵 #idpol#idleg#idgop#GrafReceipts
3/ The alleged victim stories were so bad, legislation was created to cap the fees a firm like Smith's could collect. #idpoleastidahonews.com/2020/02/idaho-…
1/ Watching Idaho legislators cave to “solution in search of problem” bills because they are scared of a hit from the IFF is frustrating. When are they going to realize they are going to get a hit from IFF no matter what and voters won’t care? #idpol#idleg
2/ A lot of people have sacrificed too much to prop up Republicans who are too chicken 💩 to stand up to those who plot to sell out our state to extremists. The tolerance for failure is drying up. #idpol
3/ Many of us have kept our powder dry, giving the far-right enough rope and watching them show us who they really are.
They are a paper tiger and their messaging no longer has the reach and impact it used to have. #idpol