“The House ethics hearing on Monday began with applause from her supporters for Idaho Rep. Priscilla Giddings, a White Bird Republican, as she entered the room with dozens of people wearing campaign T-shirts for her run as lieutenant governor. Giddings on Monday faced a House ethics committee. Complaints alleged of ‘conduct unbecoming’ a House member, a result of Giddings having shared a Redoubt News article that identified the 19-year-old legislative intern who accused former Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger of rape in a police report” the Idaho Statesman reports.

“In her opening statement, Giddings blasted Republicans with personal attacks and listed off accusations other Republicans had faced over the years that she said didn’t amount to an ethics hearing. She accused the committee of participating in a ‘woke cancel culture movement’ and blamed House Speaker Scott Bedke, an Oakley Republican also running for the lieutenant governor, for the complaint that 25 House members supported. The ethics complaints against Giddings alleged that she retaliated against the intern by disseminating ‘defamatory writings’ that identified her and making ‘defamatory statements herself’ through Facebook and a government newsletter. The complainants also said Giddings misrepresented her actions to the ethics hearing.”

Now having taken all of five seconds to look at RedoubtNews.com I can confidently say it’s basically the Ruby Ridge of websites and that Giddings is a total scumbag for having shared that article identifying the alleged rape victim. There’s simply zero justification for it. Take it to a more familiar situation: The Gateway Pundit has at least once – and very recently – put the name of the Capitol cop who they believe shot Ashli Babbitt on January 6th in a headline. There’s almost zero chance Paul Gosar or Marjorie Taylor Greene are unaware of it and yet not even they are stupid enough to do it (or not yet stupid enough – they can always surprise us). They would probably end up getting expelled from The House if they did it.