Far Right roars at Idaho GOP convention

Attempts to lessen the far right’s hold on the Idaho Republican Party’s core policies stalled Thursday during the first day of the state’s GOP convention. Instead, members of the party’s platform committee not only reaffirmed they supported the Idaho Republican Party’s policy supporting the gold standard and repealing the 17th Amendment that has U.S. senators popularly elected, it also approved new policies arguing that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant and climate change is because of God not humans. “We are gold and silver advocates. We are not big-government advocates,” said Tom Dillon, a Republican from Sandpoint. The panel also backed a proposal stating the U.S. Constitution was a divinely inspired document and another opposing mandatory preschool/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here.

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