We\u2019ve been here before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Less than four weeks before an election that could change the course of our nation\u2019s future, all the talking heads are telling you to give up. It\u2019s over, they say. Democrats will win the House, and probably the Senate too. President Trump will be impeached, and the MAGA agenda is dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remember when the same talking heads told us that Donald Trump had zero chance of defeating Hillary Clinton in 2016? Or that Kamala Harris and her coconut trees were sure to win the White House in 2024?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I want to remind you that polls don\u2019t matter. Prediction markets don\u2019t matter. Opinions from analysts and commentators on TV don\u2019t matter. The only thing that matters is voters casting ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That means you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve grown tired of pundits calling the next election the most important in history. But there\u2019s a certain truth to it. Each election has the potential to shape everything that comes after and change the world that your children and grandchildren will inherit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imagine where we would be if Hillary Clinton had won in 2016, or Kamala Harris in 2024. Open borders, skyrocketing inflation, and almost certainly an Orwellian crackdown on free speech like we\u2019ve seen in Britain these past few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We avoided that future because you bothered to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Midterm elections are no less important. Right now, Sen. Jim Risch is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has an open door to the President of the United States. As part of a Republican majority, he helps confirm President Trump\u2019s executive and judicial appointees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Democratic Senate would shut that down on Day 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The same thing goes for the House. Congressmen Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher have tremendous influence, and under the leadership of Speaker Mike Johnson, they have passed every good bill on the table and made sure to fully fund President Trump\u2019s agenda. A Democratic House would not only put a stop to that, but would launch endless partisan witch hunts instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the leadership of Gov. Brad Little, Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador, and the rest of our Republican elected officials, Idaho has prospered economically\u2014with low unemployment and high wages\u2014and become a place where traditional values are cherished, not denigrated. Republican leadership in Idaho has cut taxes, cut regulations, protected women\u2019s sports and spaces, and defended unborn life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s ultimately due to you\u2014the Republican voter who takes your civic responsibility seriously. Voting is not just about choosing one candidate or another, or deciding which propositions to approve and which to reject. Voting is an expression of hope for the future of our state and our nation. \ufeffI don\u2019t care whether you vote early, absentee, or on Election Day, so long as you vote. Our future depends on you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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