BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has issued an executive order repealing a 24-hour-old mask-mandate prohibition put in place while he was out of the state by the lieutenant governor.
Little described Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s actions as a tyrannical abuse of power and what he labeled as an “irresponsible, self-serving political stunt.”
The Republican governor on Friday rescinded Republican McGeachin’s executive action taken Thursday.
McGeachin is a member of the far-right who has worked to undermine Little’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
She announced last week her run for governor. Her executive order is widely seen as a political maneuver in her effort to take Little’s job.