A politician like Brad Little can be slippery because he can seem like a good-natured son of Idaho wealth. But it helps to pay attention to the people who he takes the greatest pains to please:

These people outlawed abortion in Idaho.

These people want to imprison doctors who give basic reproductive care.

These people want to outlaw women from traveling out of state for healthcare.

These people want to outlaw contraception.

These people don’t want parents to protect children from gun crime.

These people won’t protect children from cults that deny them life-saving medical care.

These people want to tell us what books we should read.

These people call us “pedophiles” if we oppose their anti-freedom attack on libraries.
These people fight to keep the minimum wage low.

These people fight against workers’ rights to organize.

These people don’t want sick people to have medical marijuana.

These people take millions from oil lobbyists and will not support alternative energy.

These people fight against laws to protect Idaho’s pure public waters.

These people complain about forest fires but won’t budget to fight them.

These people want to sell public lands.

These people say climate change is a liberal hoax.

These people call the rioters who desecrated our Capitol on January 6 “heroes.”

These people try to fix their friends’ “problems” by throwing money at them.

These people fix schools by starving them to death.

These people hate that facts refute their worldview.

These people want to censor public colleges and universities.

These people call human rights for LGBTQ people “special” rights.

These people call human rights for people of color “special” rights.

These people are confused.

These people are mean.

These are the people who Gov. Brad Little was talking to this week when he signed an executive order to bully transgender girls and women out of sports. He is them.

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I was a year out of the University of Idaho Law School. A couple of Caldwell onion farmers hired me to force a Chicago-based company to honor their contract. That year, a bumper crop of onions had driven prices down. The Chicago company figured they’d save money by ignoring the Idaho contract and buying cheaper onions elsewhere.

So, four high-paid, hot-shot lawyers showed up to fight with me. They figured they’d win with intimidation and the threat of overwhelming expense if we pursued our case.

To make a long story short, I clobbered them. And you bet they were shocked.

The thing about bullies is that they win when no one challenges them. The Chicago bunch figured they were big enough to roll over an Idahoan or two. They didn’t get away with it.

I promise to bring that same spirit to the Lieutenant Governor’s Office.

I will stand up for communities and small businesses. I will stick up for homeowners who needed a tax cut this year far more than big corporations. I will protect kids who are being scapegoated for political gain. Librarians and teachers, I’ve got their backs.

Understand, when I say I will fight to keep the rights we have, I mean it. My experience matters. You won’t see me cringe when the anti-freedom extremists tell us what to think, what to read, and who to love. I will look them in the eye and tell them, “Go peddle your bad ideas somewhere else.”

And, when it comes to the workers who pay rent, buy groceries, and do the jobs that grow an economy—I will side with them every time. Afterall, I grew up in Pocatello, which has a strong tradition of organized labor. I saw firsthand how much better off workers were when they earned good wages, had health benefits, and retired with financial security.

Idaho needs leaders who are unafraid of the big shots and bullies. I am ready to be one of those leaders.

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