Everyone has a moment that got them involved. Each page below names what was done, who did it, and where the proof is. Tap This is my last straw on any card to count your vote. The list sorts by votes.
- They stood by a man who raped a 19-year-old internDefended RapistAaron von Ehlinger
- Giddings, Barbieri and Moon testified for Aaron von Ehlinger. Barbieri wrote his judge.
- Regan then nominated Moon to chair the Idaho GOP.
- They put North Idaho College's accreditation and budget on the lineNIC Meltdownaccreditation, budget, leaders
- Three endorsed trustees fired the president without cause. It cost taxpayers about $500,000.
- They also drove the athletics budget from $2.2 million to $6.2 million.
- He tweeted "All Jews are dangerous." They endorsed him, then paid his company.Dave Reillyendorsed, then paid
- The KCRCC endorsed Dave Reilly for the Post Falls School Board.
- It later paid $11,000 to his Wyoming company. Regan changed its address after a newspaper tied them.
- They paid a superintendent to stay home, then asked taxpayers for moreLakeland Meltdownsuperintendents, money, trust
- The board paid Superintendent Rusty Taylor $200,000+ to stay home.
- It was asking voters for a $15 million levy. Four superintendents in six years.
- They dragged a woman out of a meeting and threatened her with pepper sprayTown Hall Assaultthe KCRCC town hall
- Sheriff Bob Norris threatened Teresa Borrenpohl, then ordered her removal.
- Lear's owner, Paul Trouette, was convicted of battery.
- They locked kids out of librariesLibrary NetworkCommunity Library Network
- The board stripped 8,900 kids of access to other libraries.
- Its own lawyer warned of legal risk. The board did it anyway.
- Their governor pick polled: Hitler or Netanyahu?Hitler Polltheir governor pick
- Mark Fitzpatrick asked who is the better human, Hitler or Netanyahu.
- His followers chose Hitler.
- They put a man with no classroom experience in charge of a school districtDurst DisasterWest Bonner School District
- Branden Durst, a former Idaho Freedom Foundation analyst, got the job. Sen. Scott Herndon drove him to the interview.
- Voters recalled two trustees. Durst resigned.
- They hired Matt Gaetz after ethics investigators found he paid a 17-year-old for sexMatt Gaetzthe $20,000 keynote
- The KCRCC paid Gaetz $20,000 to keynote Lincoln Day 2026.
- Regan on the Ethics report: "I didn't have a good reason to read the report."
- They paid the blogger a jury found defamed a performerDoctored Videothe blogger they paid
- A jury found Summer Bushnell's edited video defamed a drag performer.
- Committees for KCRCC-endorsed candidates paid her through 2026.
- They voted against a law named for a baby who diedBenji's Lawvoted no
- Benji Lemke died at 12 days old after his parents lost five children to the state.
- Elaine Price, Joe Alfieri and Phil Hart voted no.
- They asked the government to let a neo-Nazi back into the U.S.Helped Neo-NaziMartin Sellner, a former neo-Nazi
- The KCRCC urged Homeland Security to restore Martin Sellner's travel privileges.
- The Idaho Capital Sun called him a white supremacist and former neo-Nazi.
- They discussed hijacking the Democratic PartyHijack Dems Plotcaught on tape
- A recording captured KCRCC members planning to take over the local Democrats.
- A committeeman named Regan as the plan's author.
- They posted a Republican woman's Social Security numberDoxxinga Republican's Social Security number
- The KCRCC's official accounts showed Christa Hazel's number.
- The Spokesman-Review called it doxxing. Regan would not take it down.
- They texted voters that Republicans were DemocratsDirty TextsVegas firm, $215,000+
- Christa Hazel counted $215,000+ paid to McShane LLC by candidates and the KCRCC.
- A 2022 text said "KC Democrats support" three longtime Republicans.
- Regan removed an elected woman while her husband was dyingRemoved Committeewomanher husband was dying
- Voters elected Kathleen Tillman to a KCRCC precinct seat.
- Regan removed her and appointed Avery Granum.
- She posed with a Confederate flag and called the governor "Little Hitler"Heather ScottConfederate flag, "Little Hitler"
- Heather Scott said a white nationalist is "no more than a Caucasian who [stands] for the Constitution."
- She said women in House leadership "spread their legs." The House stripped her of every committee.
- Their "vetting" shut out challengers and picked a flat-earther over the governorRating & Vettingthe KCRCC's own process
- Fitzpatrick beat Gov. Brad Little 29 to 8 in the KCRCC's May 2026 vote. He says the earth is flat.
- Only incumbents were invited to vetting. Regan: "Humans sometimes fail."
- Their platform is a loyalty test, and Republicans who fail it get punishedLoyalty Testplatform enforcement
- Candidates sign a pledge to accept the Idaho GOP platform.
- Republican legislators who vote against it get censured.
- No Senator VoteNo Senator Vote17th Amendment repeal
- The Idaho GOP platform calls for ending your vote for U.S. Senator.
- Repeal would let 105 legislators, not voters, pick Idaho's senators.
- "What are you willing to kill for?" Regan called it rhetoricalKill For?KCRCC secretary Alex Barron
- KCRCC secretary Alex Barron asked a crowd the question.
- He was later charged with rape and sexual abuse of a child under 16.
- He shot a neighbor's dog, then paid a Proud Boys-tied firm to attack a RepublicanScott Herndondog, Proud Boys ads, school signs
- Scott Herndon shot a neighbor's dog in the back as it ran away. A deputy cited him for animal cruelty.
- His group also put graphic fetal signs at a middle school entrance.
- He took timber from Idaho's schoolchildren and stopped filing taxesSchool Timberand no tax returns, Phil Hart
- Phil Hart cut timber from school endowment land for his log home and never paid the judgment.
- He stopped filing federal returns in 1996. His tax debt approached $1 million.
- Regan defended Matt Shea after the chatroom reportViolent ChatroomMatt Shea, defended by Regan
- The Guardian reported Shea joined talk of "violent attacks on perceived political enemies."
- Regan's company had donated $500 to Shea's campaign.
- They sued a critic over a post Regan admitted was trueGookin Lawsuitsued over a true post
- The KCRCC sued Dan Gookin for tweets about its vetting.
- One tweet said Regan took the ballots home. He confirmed it under oath.
- Their treasurer wrote checks to herself, and the state fined themChecks to HerselfKCRCC treasurer, state fines
- Elaine Price signed checks to herself as KCRCC treasurer.
- The state fined the KCRCC $1,000 and Price $1,500 as a PAC treasurer.
- They spent party money to elect their own slateParty Moneyspent on their own slate
- The KCRCC gave $17,000+ to a PAC promoting Regan's precinct slate.
- Idaho GOP rules bar central committees from backing precinct candidates.
- They emptied half the party's bank account before new members could voteParty Cashhalf moved out
- A closed-door vote sent about $64,000 to the Idaho GOP.
- It came days before new committeemen could vote on leadership.
- Buddy lawyers on the taxpayer payrollBuddy Lawyerson the taxpayer payroll
- Attorney Art Macomber donated to three NIC trustees, then they hired him.
- Taxpayers paid $275 to $325 an hour to lawyers from the same circle.
- He secretly recorded county workers and can fire anyone who backs his opponentBela Kovacssecret recordings, firing threats
- Assessor Bela Kovacs admitted recording at least 15 conversations.
- His policy lets him fire staff who help a rival's campaign, even with a yard sign.
- Regan's group backed Ammon Bundy against the governorAmmon Bundybacked over Gov. Little
- A PAC in the Idaho Freedom Foundation network endorsed Bundy over Gov. Brad Little.
- A judge jailed Bundy for contempt of court.
- They refused to back the Republican governorGov. Brad Littleleft off the card
- After Gov. Brad Little won the 2026 primary, the KCRCC did not recommend him.
- Its 2022 cards left him off too.
- "Behind the woodshed" at a youth suicide hearingWoodshedyouth suicide hearing
- Rep. Tony Wisniewski invoked taking kids behind the woodshed.
- He was rejecting a school mental health program.
- They voted against the state police budgetDefund the PoliceState Police budget
- Scott Herndon, Phil Hart and Elaine Price voted no.
- State Police run highway patrol and statewide investigations.
- They tried to take absentee voting from seniorsAbsentee Votingtargeting seniors
- Rep. Joe Alfieri pushed bills to restrict absentee voting.
- He also tried to eliminate an ID form elderly voters rely on.
- He asked if a woman could swallow a camera for an examSwallow a CameraVito Barbieri
- Rep. Vito Barbieri asked a doctor during an abortion-law hearing.
- Slate and dozens of national outlets covered it that day.
- Regan told an Obama story a county task force called racistObama StoryRegan, 2013
- At a 2013 public forum, Regan's story ended with "so is Obama."
- He apologized afterward.
- Regan's PAC sent a flier faking endorsementsFake EndorsementsRegan's PAC flier
- Regan paid for the PAC in 2015.
- Its flier falsely implied two city officials backed its candidates.
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