{"id":569815,"date":"2021-06-21T17:36:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T21:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569815"},"modified":"2021-06-21T17:36:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T21:36:21","slug":"activist-who-led-militia-movement-to-occupy-federal-land-announces-run-for-governor-in-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activist-who-led-militia-movement-to-occupy-federal-land-announces-run-for-governor-in-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"Activist Who Led Militia Movement To Occupy Federal Land Announces Run For Governor In Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Factivist-who-led-militia-movement-to-occupy-federal-land-announces-run-for-governor-in-idaho%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=569815&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ammon-Bundy-Gov-1-scaled-e1624306338746.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy, who led a militia in 2016 to occupy federal land in Oregon announced on his website on Saturday that he is running to be governor in Idaho.<\/p>\n<p>Ammon Bundy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealABundy\/status\/1406990913696452614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> he announced his run after seeing \u201cuntold corruption\u201d in Idaho\u2019s government. His website lists the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.votebundy.com\/top-5-reasons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 5 Reasons to Support Ammon Bundy<\/a>,\u201d including removing property taxes, personal income taxes, selling all federal land in Idaho, and signing an executive order to end abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Bundy\u2019s fifth reason is that he promises to implement a system of restitution and restoration laws where victims of crimes can receive their stolen property back. \u201cIf someone steals your iPhone, it must be immediately returned to you along with a judgment in your favor for and additional 20% of the value of it,\u201d according to his site.<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans Bundy will be running against include incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.idaho.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gov. Brad Little<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/janiceforidaho.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t bore you with the typical platitudes from politicians about how they\u2019re strong conservatives,\u201d Bundy said on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votebundy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>. \u201dI\u2019m tired of our freedoms being taken from us and I\u2019m tired of the corruption that is rampant in our state Government.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.65\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What will I do as Governor of Idaho? Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J0srZvFeyo\">https:\/\/t.co\/J0srZvFeyo<\/a> for my plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KeepIdahoIdaho?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KeepIdahoIdaho<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/votebundy?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#votebundy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WcUSzn7JXP\">pic.twitter.com\/WcUSzn7JXP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ammon Bundy (@RealABundy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealABundy\/status\/1406421560991182853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bundy also claimed in his announcement that the \u201cdeep state\u201d controls Democratic President Joe Biden, and that Biden will take away America\u2019s gun rights, freedom of religion, and parental rights. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/01\/04\/ammon-bundy-us-attorney-threatened-hammonds-with-less-desirable-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Bundy: US Attorney Threatened Hammonds With \u2018Less Desirable Prison\u2019 If They Talked To Me)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The gubernatorial candidate was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/26\/2016-standoff-feds-ammon-bundy-arrested-idaho-state-capitol-protest-oregon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested<\/a> at the Idaho State Capitol in August 2020 for refusing to leave after a state legislature hearing on coronavirus-related bills.<\/p>\n<p>Bundy <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/11\/29\/ammon-bundy-immigration-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> a video on Facebook in 2018 where he called for compromise between \u201cbleeding hearts\u201d liberals\u2019 support of immigration and conservatives\u2019 opposition to immigrants \u201cbased upon fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bundy led a 41-day <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/05\/14\/trump-pardon-oregon-ranchers-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">occupation<\/a> in 2016 of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Bundy and his followers protested two ranchers convicted for burning federal lands. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/10\/27\/oregon-militia-members-acquitted-in-takeover-of-wildlife-refuge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acquitted<\/a> of his charges in October 2016 through jury nullification, when members of a jury believe that a defendant is guilty, but feel the law is unfair and choose to acquit, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/jury_nullification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cornell\u2019s Legal Information Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votebundy.com\/3-lies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claims<\/a> on his site that he never broke the law and was trying to stop \u201ccorrupt government officials\u201d that were attempting to \u201csteal\u201d his neighbor\u2019s land.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd contrary to the popular media accounts, we had the support of the local people who were there and we never broke a single, solitary, law. Let that sink in. We never broke any laws,\u201d his website stated.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy, who led a militia in 2016 to occupy federal land in Oregon announced on his website on Saturday that he is running to be governor in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280904,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ammon-Bundy-Gov-1-scaled-e1624306338746.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Activist Who Led Militia Movement To Occupy Federal Land Announces Run For Governor In Idaho","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ammon-Bundy-Gov-1-scaled-e1624306338746.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Activist Who Led Militia Movement To Occupy Federal Land Announces Run For Governor In Idaho","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569815","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}