The Lunacy of Confrontational Politics

Chairwoman Moon is mad that her political playbook is turned against "conservatives"

For years, Idaho’s far-right activists have wielded confrontational politics like a battering ram against anyone they deemed insufficiently pure. Now, Idaho GOP Chairwoman Dorothy Moon—one of its biggest practitioners—is crying foul when the same tactics are used against her “conservative” allies.

Her recent email, dripping with self-righteous indignation, decries “confrontational politics” as disgraceful and divisive and laments that Republican legislators are being smeared as traitors. She fails to mention that her own political allies, including the Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF) and groups like Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), have spent years perfecting these tactics, often to her benefit.

Recently, a flood of Facebook ads and text messages have attacked the new Idaho Freedom Caucus members as “traitors” for not backing IFF and YAL’s demand t…