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Jorgenson attempting to deputize himself as the Purity police in this race is kind of curious. I keep tabs on legislator’s voting record and overall, Jorgenson’s got a 71% Conservative Voting record, not horrendous, and certainly not as bad as North Idaho Senators Shawn Keough (R-1) or Joyce Broadsword (R-2 ) Jorgenson’s record includes support for Otter’s Gas Tax increase and opposition to a bill by Rep. Marv. Hagedorn’s (R-20) legislation to raise transportation funds through a specialty plate plan rather than raising taxes/Adam Graham, Give Me Liberty. More here. Also: Idaho GOP fight of the week/Kevin Richert, Statesman. And: Labrador’s announcement, interrupted/Randy Stapilus.
Question: Will Mike Jorgenson’s opposition hurt Raul Labrador’s bid to win the GOP nomination for the 1st Congressional District.
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Cabbage Boy on December 08 at 11:11 a.m.
From my experience, Jorgenson definitely likes to THINK his opinion carries weight, but I would say in the conservative mind, not so much.
Might seem more along the lines of the moderates getting nervous and starting to sweat. Not sure why, Ward would seem to have a pretty firm grip based on timing, money and GOP support. But maybe there is discontent in the bowels of the GOP stronghold.
tinybobidaho on December 08 at 12:48 p.m.
What should hurt Labrador’s bid for the U.S. House of Representatives should be the facts, not someone else’s opinion. Like the ones that say Labrador is an open borders advocate who wants a free flow of cheap, foreign labor coming into this country to enrich big businesses even more. Like many other pro amnesty candidates, Raul Labrador talks out of both sides of his mouth as proven in many news articles over the years, on one hand saying he doesn’t believe in amnesty, yet he advocates for legalization of the 20 million who are in this country in violation of federal immigration laws.
It’s also a fact that Raul Labrador takes taxpayer money to supposedly represent the citizens of Idaho, while he works against the majority by voting against legislation that denied taxpayer benefits to illegal aliens in this state, for one example.
Then on the side, he defends criminals like Javier SOTELO-Sotelo who is an admitted human smuggler who was also wanted on murder charges in his home country of Mexico. Labrador fought in court to stop this criminal from being deported so he could continue to live here and put Idaho citizens at risk. I wonder how many others like this he defended behind the taxpayer’s back. I guess we’ll find out soon as these facts are just now beginning to surface. My prediction is that when all the facts do come out, Labrador will even lose his seat as an Idaho State Legislator, as well he should. Maybe he should take Jorgenson’s advice to dump his bid for U.S. Representatives now and do the right thing for the people of the state of Idaho.
Smacky on December 08 at 12:53 p.m.
Oooh, the smear campaign has begun!