Idaho lieutenant governor bans vaccine mandates while governor out of state

Brad Little, who was in Texas with other Republican governors, promised to reverse Janice McGeachin's orders when he returned

Idaho's Republican governor, Brad Little, temporarily left the state on Tuesday on government business and his deputy, Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin, immediately began issuing rightwing orders while she was temporarily holding executive power - including a ban on coronavirus vaccine mandates.

That same afternoon, McGeachin issued an executive order - as acting governor - banning state officials from requiring what she called Covid-19 vaccine passports" from employees, the Washington Post reported.