The 2020 legislative session was one of the messiest yet. Rather than looking at the challenges facing the state, our the folks in Boise have instead focused on passing one divisive and extremist bill after another — banning affirmative action, banning transgender athletes, banning abortion with no exception for the health of the mother.

Rep. Barb Ehardt (R-Idaho Falls) has been tireless in undermining education, health care, and civil rights, and is a driving force behind much of the awful news coming out of the Legislature:Ehardt voted three times to block funding of higher education

· She demanded that universities shut down diversity/inclusion programs

· She sponsored the transgender athlete ban

· She tried to stop high schoolers from learning about climate change and sex ed.

· She voted to gut Medicaid Expansion and ballot initiative rights.

Are these real Idaho values? Or are they the product of extremist elements in the legislature trying to gain control? I’m tired of watching as our so-called representatives ignore actual issues — property taxes, affordable housing, education funding — while hatching plans to give our public lands away to the highest bidder and undermining our ballot initiative rights.

I’m tired of the status quo and ready to truly represent our Idaho values in Boise. In the coming weeks and months, I’ll reach out to voters in the area, hold online events (and hopefully in-person events), and prepare to do the work of real representation. I hope you’ll join me by chipping in a few bucks or volunteering to help with the campaign.

Together, we can take back the people’s statehouse and bring real Idaho values to Boise.