In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribunes offers jeers to Idaho County Republicans: "What's their answer to low wages? Underfunded schools? Stagnated economy? Blame the Democrats. In a recent ad replete with a red, white and blue elephant, the Idaho County GOP says: 'Voting democrat (sic) will assure redistribution of your money, veterans and all military abandoned, unknown illnesses crossing our unsecured borders. Vote & Keep Our Religious Freedom.'Signing it are county Commissioner Skip Brandt, Clerk Kathy Ackerman, Assessor James Zehner, county commission candidate Mark Frei, Reps. Paul Shepherd, R-Riggins, and Shannon McMillan, R-Silverton, and Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood. Just one question: Who's been running the state of Idaho for the past two decades, anyway? Full Cheers & Jeers column here.

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