can your internet do that? want a window into how ugly it s getting on the right side of the political aisle? the republican governor of idaho is accusing the state s lieutenant governor, also a republican, of going rogue. the governor is brad little. he was visiting the border with other republicans. so he leaves, right, the lieutenant governor, janice mcgeechen who s also running for his job in the primary next year tried to make his covid rules tougher and even asked about
power to answer tough questions. that s like that person s job. the lieutenant governor was on the radio this morning saying it is her job. listen. we are the second in command of the state of idaho that if anytime the governor leaves the state or god forbid something were to happen to the governor and we pray for his safety and well being every day that i would be, it s my obligation and duty to step forward and be the commander of the state. mcgeachin made those comments to our guest, kevin, good to have you, brother. chris, great to be with you. big fan. so what do you make of this situation? what s really happening here? well, chris, in idaho, the republican party has a super majority so the republican party is so big that the primary is the general election as we ve seen in other states, you have the governor who s a pragmatist, but he s an establishment guy going up against the liberty folks led by the lieutenant governor janice mcgeachin, they don t like each other. it
have a problem expressing that. there have been a lot of protests as you ve seen, mask mandates and the others, and the establishment, they have the money, the control, what do they do, they try to squash t and we ll see that in the primary where not only do you have the lieutenant governor, but you have a familiar friend of yours ammon bundy running in idaho as well. i think he brought a dead lamb on my show once to make a point about what was happening on his ranch, and we wound up getting into a fight about why the lamb had died because he was obviously keeping himself from feeding his animals. this is going to be an interesting laboratory about which way your party is going to go. you don t their this that often but the way idaho goes may be the way the gop goes on the national level as well. we ll be watching. kevin look forward to having you back, good luck, brother, and thank you. thank you, chris.
the liberty movement within the republican party of idaho have called for the end of the state of emergency. he has not rescinded that because, chris, as you know, there is big money from the feds from covid relief. yes, and if you don t do what they want you to do you don t get the relief money obviously. kevin, looking at you a little bit, you are a real conservative. you are what i only used to know as a conservative. now it s changing. liberty party seems to me to be code really for fringe/trump. as a real conservative or what it used to mean to be conservative. right. what is your take on this power struggle and how it is being reflected, really, in the gop overall? well, chris, that s a great point. i may be conservative from the old days, a populist, a social conservative. the liberty movement is let s legalize marijuana, eliminate aid from the federal government, it s extreme, and they don t
fbi. i m with you. i m just saying if they told the cops when they say if they told the fbi when they say they told the fbi then i don t know how the fbi could be upset about this. but we ll see. joey jackson, i appreciate you, you are a better mind. not better than yours. thanks. that s the first thing you ve ever said that s false on this show. what s going on in idaho, there s a feud between the state s two top leaders. its governor goes out of state for a short trip, the lieutenant governor swoops in, takes power, and takes action. now, it s a very interesting question, did she have the right to do it? maybe. but did she do something that was right? we re going to bring in someone who spoke with that lieutenant governor today next.gonna stop ? uh-oh. i m almost there. too late! boom! earn big time with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee.