Reporting on guns, gun culture, extremism @kbsx915, outgoing @GunsReporting fellow. Was @starsandstripes in Iraq, AFG, DC. Tips? heathdruzin@boisestate.edu
Nov 10, 2020 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
A guy testifying against a mask mandate at Twin Falls City Council Meeting just said he's wearing a mask BECAUSE HIS SON HAS COVID. Do I really have to say this? Don't come to a f#$%&*! meeting if your family member has COVID. This whole meeting has now been potentially exposed.
Emotional testimony from an ICU nurse talking about having to see COVID patients die.
Nov 7, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Several hundred people out for a pro-Trump rally at the Idaho Capitol.
And, as you can see, counterprotesters, too. The rally was greeted with cheers, cheers, and plenty of middle fingers.
Aug 1, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Sparse crowd for the COVID skeptic rally in Twin Falls today organized by the John Birch Society and featuring Lt Gov McGeachin and at least 7 GOP lawmakers. #idpol#idleg#COVID19#idahoCovid19
Guys with ear pieces wearing III% militia gear appear to be providing security. And Idaho III% president Eric Parker was scheduled to speak, although not seeing him as of yet.
Jun 23, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Heading to the Idaho Capitol for a rogue legislative session with far-right lawmakers opposed to @GovernorLittle's stay at home order where Ammon Bundy has promised to provide "crowd control." A twist: with Ada County's rollback to Stage 3, more than 50 people would be illegal.
Packed gallery. Few masks, zero social distancing.
May 2, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Smaller crowd than the Disobey Rally, roughly 250 people at today’s protest to open up Idaho. Almost no masks, no social distancing.
There is a kind of meta aspect to the rally: lot of complaints about heavy handed tactics by police, but police are standing by while nearly every participant violates the same governor's order they say is unconstitutional. #IdahoCovid19#Covid_19