{"id":1477320,"date":"2022-05-16T20:44:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T00:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1477320"},"modified":"2022-05-16T20:44:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T00:44:43","slug":"idaho-governor-his-lieutenant-face-off-in-republican-primary-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idaho-governor-his-lieutenant-face-off-in-republican-primary-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Governor, His Lieutenant Face Off In Republican Primary Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fidaho-governor-his-lieutenant-face-off-in-republican-primary-tuesday%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1477320&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-31-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Idaho Governor Brad Little will square off in a Republican primary Tuesday against his own lieutenant governor, who has challenged his vision of conservatism and regularly sought to enact policies he disagrees with.<\/p>\n<p>Idaho\u2019s state constitution allows for the lieutenant governor to enact executive orders and other policies while the governor is out of state. Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin has regularly used that loophole, only for Little to return and undo her orders practically as soon as he steps foot back in the Gem State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proof is in the pudding,\u201d Little recently said about his conservative credentials. Cutting red tape, tax relief, \u201cthose are not what you would associate with somebody that is not a Republican,\u201c he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahostatesman.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article261124672.html\">said<\/a>, according to The Idaho Statesman.<\/p>\n<p>McGeachin\u2019s bravado has earned the endorsement of President Donald Trump, but Idaho establishment Republicans fear that her political agenda and character may turn away potential business opportunities for the state. To that extent, McGeachin sounded confident that her team would win on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur internal polling shows this is a close race and we are very optimistic about tomorrow\u2019s outcome,\u201d McGeachin said in a statement to The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy campaign for governor, which is endorsed by President Trump, is focused on protecting individual liberty, defending our state sovereignty, and upholding traditional conservative values,\u201d she added. \u201cIdahoans deserve a government that respects their liberty and the values they hold dear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Idaho Statesman, the Republican governor\u2019s approach to the pandemic entailed \u201clocal control\u201d over COVID-19 rules, and many of them went unenforced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen McGeachin issued an executive order banning mask mandates while Little was traveling, he said it was \u2018contrary to a basic conservative principle \u2014 the government closest to the people governs best,\u2019 the paper added.<\/p>\n<p>McGeachin also attracted controversy for delivering a pre-taped address at the 2022 America First Political Action Conference, which was hosted by the alt-right figure Nick Fuentes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep up the good work fighting for our country,\u201d she said in her address.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">\u201cI need fighters all over this country that are willing stand up and fight,\u201d McGeachin added. \u201cEven when that means fighting amongst our own ranks because there are too many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/republicans\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Republicans<\/a>\u00a0who do not exhibit the courage that is needed today for us to fight and protect our freedoms and our liberties. We are literally in the fight for our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGeachin later defended herself by claiming she did not know who put on the conference.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t. I don\u2019t know who he is. I don\u2019t,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/republican-lt-gov-janice-mcgeachin-storms-off-over-questions-about-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes\">said<\/a> when asked about the conference\u2019s organizer.<\/p>\n<p>Brent Hill, former Senate president pro team, and a supporter for Little, told the Statesman that \u201cIt\u2019s easy to take extremist positions, it\u2019s easy to throw grenades,\u201d in support of the governor\u2019s track record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more difficult when you have the responsibility to govern, and people\u2019s lives and livelihoods depend on your decisions,\u201d he added in defense of Little. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to take everything into account and not just ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Little and McGeachin, <a href=\"https:\/\/idahocapitalsun.com\/2022\/04\/29\/humphreys-brings-youth-another-choice-for-idaho-gop-voters-in-underdog-campaign-for-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Humphreys<\/a>, Ashley Jackson, Lisa Marie, Steven Bradshaw, Ben Cannady, and Cody Usabel are also running in the GOP primary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idaho Governor Brad Little will square off in a Republican primary Tuesday against his own lieutenant governor, who has challenged his vision of conservatism and regularly sought to enact policies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1483350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1477320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1477320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1477320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1477320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}