January 10, 2024
What Will You Do?
Will your vote in the coming 2024 elections reflect your values?
Will you know the voting record of those you give your power?
By: Senator Christy Zito
Democrats Control Idaho Senate – Republicans Narrowly Hold House
I wouldn’t say I like the term RINO. Imposter, cheat, and liar are terms that come to my mind. Previously, I had sat in a central committee meeting when a candidate pledged to the committee he would vote exactly like a sitting legislator in their district, who had a 97% freedom score, accepted a $1000 check, walked out the door, and proceeded to vote with a score equal to any democrat.
There are many of us who, for years now, have pointed out that Idaho is not the reddest of the so-called red states. This double-speak works well in an area like ours where we are generally trustworthy people; we blindly trust those that we choose to represent us; after all, that is why we voted for them.
Once in office, we see their offenses to our freedom and tax dollars. Being the forgiving, compassionate folks we are, we overlook so much and justify in our minds that “it could be worse.”
Vote by vote, year by year, our freedoms, self-sufficiency, and state checkbook are compromised. Our dependence on federal debt dollars increases, and one vote, one compromise at a time, our state and personal sovereignty is given up.
To compound all of this, the media is controlled by big dollar entities in the state, whose best interest is to keep all of us quiet, unconcerned taxpayers.
Just recently, several very conservative legislators who vote in line with true Republican (conservative) values were removed from their leadership positions on their legislative committees by Senator Chuck Winder because of information they shared on their social media platforms.
I read the informative articles that contained proof and documentation supporting what these champions of freedom were disseminating. They were not political hit pieces based on hearsay.
Yet, these legislators were told they would remain removed from their vice chairmanships if they did not apologize. I would ask, apologize for what, being honest?
During my time in the Senate, I experienced some of this anger that is directed at those who hold the standard of conservativism. The hate is real, and sunlight is the best disinfectant. Those who dwell with a dark heart do not like revelations of truth.
Back to the Institute for Legal Analysis, we have the tools and the information to know how our elected officials perform their duties. Each vote is a matter of public record. Several credible organizations do the footwork for us. We don’t have to look up each vote and perform a detailed analysis of each piece of legislation.
The question is, what will you do? Will you, at a minimum, read the information provided by the Institute, or will you vote for some imposter who will put an “R” behind their name just to get elected?
The choice is yours. The freedom is yours. The republic is yours… what will you do with it?
Senator Christy Zito
Links legislator ratings:
https://acu-ratings-pdfs.s3.amazonaws.com/ACU_Ratings_ID-2023.pdf
https://www.limitedgov.org/just-released-idaho-report/
https://index.idahofreedom.org/
