REVEALED: Anti-Trump Shadow-Money Fueling Idaho Politicians — Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Pouring in from Out-of-state
The Takeover has Begun
The ‘Defend and Protect Idaho’ PAC was announced as an Idahoan group founded by former law enforcement officials with the goal of preventing what they call “fringe” politicians from gaining office. this group, however, is funded with large sums of out-of-state money from groups intent on impeaching and convicting Donald J. Trump.
Their short list of donors show large sums of money from out-of-state fueling their propaganda network.
The ‘super PAC’ calling themselves “Americans Keeping country First” sent $35,000 to Defend and Protect Idaho during Idaho’s contested primary elections.
Americans Keeping Country First, which is based in Washington D.C., was reportedly founded to support politicians and lawmakers who voted to convict or impeach President Donald J. Trump.
The ‘Super PAC’ was reportedly started by allies to Adam Kinzinger, and serves as the “sister non-profit’ to Kinzinger’s own PAC, which he launched to combat President Donald J. Trump’s influence throughout America.
Adam Kinzinger is a staunch anti-Trump Republican who is proudly displayed next to Liz Chaney, sitting on the January 6 Committee. The January 6 Committee is a partisan federal committee which seeks to imprison Trump supporters who were present at the Capitol building protest.
Defend and Protect Idaho spent $90,000 on Hulsen Media Services for advertisements. The advertisements and media displayed on their YouTube channel are all attacking the pro-Trump candidates in the Idaho primary race.
These advertisements were paid for in part by money which came from Washington D.C. — from a ‘Super PAC’ reportedly designed to support politicians who are anti-Trump.
Another PAC, based out of Colorado, which donated $100,000 to Defend and Protect Idaho, is called “Unite America PAC.”
Unite America PAC has reportedly raised over $16,000,000 (sixteen million dollars) — with the majority of their donations heading towards Democrat groups and individuals.
https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/unite-america/C00677773/summary/2020
The group is self-described as “a movement of Democrats, Republicans, and independents working to bridge the growing partisan divide.”
The ‘non-partisan’ group is funding partisan groups in Idaho, like “Defend and Protect Idaho,” which have spent thousands on attacking Conservative candidates throughout the state’s primary elections.
Curiously, among the short list of donors to Defend and Protect Idaho, is the fringe left-wing group known as ‘Take Back Idaho,’ which overwhelmingly supported entrenched incumbent politicians during Idaho’s primary elections.
The group proclaims they are taking back Idaho from “extremism.”
The incumbent candidates aided by Take Back Idaho were endorsed by thousands of Democrats who switched parties and voted in Idaho’s Republican Primary elections.
The vast majority of these Democrats support wholesale abortion, gun restrictions, and foreign conflict in Eastern Europe.
This is likely only the tip of the iceberg in what might amount to the official takeover of Idaho by outside funding.
The hundreds of thousands of dollars pouring into Idaho politics is likely to continue, and those benefiting from such contributions, such as entrenched incumbent politicians in Boise, are less than likely to sound the alarm.
