Vote for authenticity, vote for Herndon

Jim Woodward has made himself known as “The Man with Two Faces.” 

Comedians employ non sequiturs — Latin for “it does not follow”— to amuse. Politicians use to sidestep questions. Here are two of numerous examples of Woodward’s use of non sequitur to attempt to deceive voters: 

2018: Woodward’s big business campaign machine presented him as “the conservative choice for Idaho.” Yet, when asked about his Second Amendment stance, he deflected: If we trusted him to operate a nuclear submarine, we should be able to trust him on the Second Amendment. That wasn’t the question and that definitely wasn’t a conservative reply. 

2021: "True conservative" Woodward was the deciding Senate vote to accept a $6 million federal grant for a non-profit promoter of "social justice" and critical race theory to socialists, “creating racial tension” to everyone else) programming in pre-K education through their progressive classroom literature. To outraged constituents demanding an explanation, came Woodward’s canned answer, “my wife is a teacher and she wouldn’t teach that.” That wasn't the question and in no way was that a “true conservative” answer. (Fortunately, the House demonstrated that they were more responsive to the concerns of Idahoan families than to the agendas of national CRT by voting the bill down.)

With bold-faced duplicity, Woodward’s handlers have the gall to present him in his near-daily direct mailings as “the Idaho conservative!" 

On May 17, vote to let progressive Democrats know that you will not deceived. Vote for authenticity. Vote for Scott Herndon.

MICHELLE ROHRER

Priest River