Idaho candidate for governor endorsed by rightwing militia leader, video reveals

Video shows Eric Parker saying Janice McGeachin, the lieutenant governor, told him you're going to have a friend' in the office

Idaho's Republican lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate, Janice McGeachin, attended a gathering where she was endorsed in a glowing introductory speech by a rightwing militia leader, as revealed in a video obtained by the Guardian.

The video shows Eric Parker, who was charged over his role in the standoff in 2014 at Bundy Ranch in New Mexico where he was pictured pointing an assault rifle at federal agents, reminding McGeachin that she told him at an earlier meeting that if I get in, you're going to have a friend in the governor's office".

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