"Ammon Bundy Says He’s Leaving The GOP To Take Over The GOP

Bundy stated that he was pulling out of the Republican primary because
“the Republican establishment in Idaho is full of filth and corruption
and they refuse to put forth the party platform.”"

"By Walter Einenkel — February 20, 2022

The Bundy family is best known for being one of the most (in)famous
illegal welfare recipients in recent history. They’re also suspected to
have been bankrolled by fossil fuel money, used as the “y’all”-talking foot soldiers for big business’ interests in trying to privatize public lands. In May of last year, Ammon Bundy announced his intentions to run
for governor of Idaho, filing paperwork to run for the Republican
primary. In June, the Idaho Republican Party issued a statement saying
that Bundy was not welcome.

Since that time, Bundy has been successfully expanding his “People’s Network” of right-wing extremists, and somehow Republican Lt. Gov.
Janice McGeachin—the other Republican running—isn’t far right enough. On Thursday, a new plot twist! After social media reports that Bundy had
cut some kind of endorsement deal with McGeachin, Bundy went to his
Twitter account and posted a big, hilarious statement saying this was
all false. Oh, and he is going to run as an independent."

In a post that was pulled down and then put back up, Bundy stated that
he was pulling out of the Republican primary because “the Republican establishment in Idaho is full of filth and corruption and they refuse
to put forth the party platform.” Saying that the news story that he and McGeachin had made a mutual endorsement deal with one another was “lazy” and “tabloid journalism,” Bundy proceeded to describe the current GOP political establishment being in a “corrupt and wicked state.”

He then went on to slam Idaho Republican Party Chairman Jonathan Parker
for “wearing a wig and masturbating in public.” He hit out at Republican Sen. Mike Crapo and former Republican Gov. Butch Otter’s arrests for
DUI, and state Rep. Greg Cheney and his history of domestic violence.

Bundy then pointed to investigations of state Sen. Fred Martin and
whether or not he illegally entered a high school girls’ bathroom on two separate occasions.Bundy then threw some shade at the surprise early
retirement of Ada County Sheriff Steve Bartlett, alleging he traded “promotion to his deputies for sexual favors.” Bundy rounded it all off
by going back to a classic Republican moment of moral hypocrisy: When
then-Sen. Larry Craig was busted soliciting sex in an airport bathroom.
Bundy then announced his intentions to take back the Republican Party by running as an independent candidate.

The sources of the story that Bundy is calling fake news all reportedly
came from inside the Bundy campaign."
[snip]

There are sources linked in the article for his charges. One of
them leads to a long list that starts here:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/10/23/1806673/-Republican-Sexual-Predators-Abusers-and-Enablers-Pt-1

We finally get to former Idaho GOP chairman Jonathan Parker on
part 16, here:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/11/1870982/-Republican-Sexual-Predators-Abusers-and-Enablers

TB

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