Party “purity” tribunals are the latest fad among the authoritarians who, in Twin Falls, stole and are now destroying the apparatus of the Idaho Republican Party.
Earlier this month a headline across Idaho read “Six Ada County Republican Party officers resign.” The principled heroism on display begs further examination.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, faces an unclear path to the speakership after securing the GOP nomination. In the chaotic fight to replace recently ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Jordan has been making calls to shore up support for his bid after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., the initial nominee, bowed out