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IREHR in the Daily Kos: “Idaho Republicans’ new far-right party chair wants to keep ‘our guns loaded’ to defeat Democrats” – July 18, 2022

By July 18, 2022May 4th, 2023No Comments1 min read

IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Daily Kos;

Author David Neiwert writes, “Moon is one of the leading figures in the Idaho Legislature’s significant bloc of far-right extremists serving in office—according to a May study by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), the state has the third-highest percentage of extremist legislators (22.86%) in the nation.

The IREHR study found that Moon belonged to six far-right Facebook groups, including COVID denialist groups like Restore Liberty in Idaho, as well as militia/Patriot groups like U.S. Militia Northern Command and Idaho Freedom Alliance.”

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Laura Gibbons

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Laura Gibbons is an IREHR research associate.

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