[Idaho] GOP rallies against perceived threats

As Natalie Hughes began singing the national anthem at Saturday’s Lincoln Day Dinner, she sang alone. But before she finished the first verse, it seemed all 650 people in the ballroom of The Coeur d’Alene Resort had joined her.

That showing of patriotism and love of country was on display at the annual event put on by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee.

“Tonight, we’re here for our committee to bring common sense to government. I know. It’s hopeless. But I’ll explain,” said Brent Regan, KCRCC chairman. He spoke of principles like honesty, integrity, reliability, compassion, faith and grit. “Republicans believe when those common sense principles are the basis for public policy, our society prospers,” he said.

Regan said those holding elected offices, "have the ability to change your life,” including when it comes to property taxes. That’s why the committee's mission is to identify, recruit, train, promote and help elect to public office “citizens with common sense. Citizens like you,” he said to the crowd.

There was extensive security for the three-hour gathering that featured several speakers. Wall signs read, “Trump 2024,” “Trump Country” and “Keep Idaho Red.”

Firearms were the prizes in drawings; a dinner for 10 with Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher went for $4,500 in a live auction.

Tom Luna, chair of the Idaho Republican Party, said the Idaho Democratic Party has more money than the GOP, has more people on its payroll and is opening offices in North Idaho and eastern Idaho.

Why, he asked, would they do this in a red state? Four reasons. He cited Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. “It wasn’t that many years ago those were solid red states,” he said. Democrats, Luna said, changed that by focusing on new arrivals to those states, “slowly but surely convincing them the Republican Party in that state was not in their best interests. Recognize that the real threat is the liberal agenda of the Democrats and Idaho is on their list,” he said.

That is absolutely SHOCKING and frightening to me -- The Idaho Democrat Party has more money and more people on payroll than the Idaho GOP. What isn't a surprise is that the Dems focus on new arrivals to the states they want to turn blue -- they are focusing on the refugees from the thoroughly trashed liberal states. They register them as Dems, get them to vote Dem, and then RUIN the state they moved to. They use the same playbook over and over and over. It is so dismaying that they are going after the last true bastion of freedom left in the USA.

I went to the Lincoln Day Dinner last year and there was zero security evident. It's dismaying that the event had to have security this year.

Back somewhere between 2005 and 2008, the Democrats setup their own secure private network where everything is organized.
I ran into one of the sites in 2010 before they slammed the security door shut.

The GOP still relies on mass email and public mailing.
Until they stop hiring lawyers and start listening to Engineers, they have very little chance of winning this war.

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