Guilt by Coordination
A new IdahoExtremism.org investigation maps the operator chain publishing the slurs, doxxing, and dehumanization — and the 21 candidates banking on it.
On May 16, the most prolific surrogate in Idaho’s far-right amplifier network posted a video listing the 21 candidates she’s working to elect. The roster, in her own caption: Mark Fitzpatrick for governor, then David Worley, Chad Christensen, Kelly Golden, Steve Tanner, Kyle Harris, Rob Beiswenger, Barbara Ehardt, Jilene Burger, Brian McKellar, William Mostoller, and ten more. Two reps — Kyle Harris and Steve Tanner — quote-retweeted it inside two hours. The video closed with one card: “VOTE MAY 19th.”
That artifact, preserved in the new Amplifier Network investigation at IdahoExtremism.org, ends the “I had no idea what they post” defense for every name on the list. The surrogate, calling herself their friend has, in the months leading up to that video, demanded the home addresses of a Republican county central committee, called that same committee “my state’s most m…
