WE
WE BEGIN
WE BEGIN TODAY WITH THE POLITCAL COLOR OF IDAHO....
NOT SINCE 1952 HAS THE
GEM STATE VOTED TO
SEND A DEMOCRAT TO
THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND, THOUGH IDAHO'S 2
BIGGEST DEMOCRATIC
NAMES IN HISTORY, CECIL
ANDRUS AND FRANK
CHURCH ARE LEGENDARY
HERE AT HOME AND IN
WASHINGTON....IDAHO
HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN
STRONGHOLD FOR
DECADES.
IF HISTORY DOES REPEAT
ITSELF, THE GEM STATE
WILL LIKELY VOTE
MAJORITY RED
TOMORROW, AS WELL.
IT'S THAT RED
STRONGHOLD THAT'S
MAKING IDAHO VERY
APPEALING TO
CONSERVATIVE
CALIFORNIANS AND
OTHERS LIVING IN
PREDOMINATELY BLUE
STATES.
KIM FIELDS HAS A LOOK
AT THE RED WAVE OF
MIGRATION TO IDAHO....
"ONE FORMER
CALIFORNIAN HAS EVEN
MADE A BUSINESS OUT OF
IT -- HELPING FAMILIES
MOVE OUT OF BLUE
STATES TO RED STATES.
IT'S CALLED
"CONSERVATIVE MOVE."
IDAHO IS THE SECOND
MOST POPULAR
DESTINATION FOR THEIR
CLIENTS TO MOVE TO --
FOLLOWED BY TEXAS,"
SAID KIM FIELDS.
"PEOPLE WANT A BETTER
QUALITY OF LIFE AND
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE
COMING TO
CONSERVATIVE MOVE FOR
OUR ADVICE AND
SUGGESTIONS," SAID PAUL
CHABOT, FOUNDER OF
CONSERVATIVE MOVE.
"MOST OF US OUR PRO-
FAITH. WE ARE PRO-LIFE.
WE WEAR OUR VALUES ON
OUR SLEEVES. MOST OF US
ARE MILITARY VETERANS,
OR SPOUSES, OR SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS. WE
LOVE OUR COUNTRY. WE
LOVE OUR FOUNDING
VALUES
VALUES AND WE JUST WANT TO LIVE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE'RE
NOT GOING TO BE
ATTACKED. YOU'VE SEEN
THESE TRUMP
CONSERVATIVE VOTERS
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY,
YOU CAN GOOGLE IT. IT'S
EVERYWHERE. THEY'RE
GETTING PUNCHED.
THEY'RE GETTING RUN
OVER. THEY'RE GETTING
SHOT. IT IS JUST
DISGRACEFUL," SAID PAUL
CHABOT, FOUNDER OF
CONSERVATIVE MOVE.
"AND QUITE HONESTLY,
KIM, FAMILIES HAVE JUST
HAD ENOUGH. AND I CAN
SEE WHY. WHAT WE'RE
DOING IS JUST TRYING TO
HELP PEOPLE LIVE THE
AMERICAN DREAM, ALL
PEOPLE," SAID CHABOT.
"BECAUSE IN ALL
HONESTLY, IT'S ON MOST
PEOPLE MINDS. IF THEY'RE
LIVING IN AREAS WHERE
THERE'S HIGH COST OF
LIVING, HIGH CRIME,
RAMPANT DRUG USE, AND
GOD FORBID THE RIOTS.
THAT'S SORT OF BEEN THE
TIPPING POINTS FOR MOST
OF THESE FAMILIES. AND
THEY REALLY ARE FAMILIES.
MOST OF OUR CLIENTELE
DO HAVE YOUNG
SCHOOL-AGE KIDS.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A
PLACE WHERE THEY CAN
PUT THEM TO SUCCEED OR
THEY ARE RETIREES
LOOKING JUST TO LIVE
SOMEWHERE THEY CAN
ENJOY LIFE," SAID CHABOT.
"WHEN OUR CLIENTS
LEAVE, AND WHEN THEY
COME TO IDAHO, WHAT
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO
KNOW IS WE'RE LEAVING
WITH A SENSE OF
SADNESS. WE'RE LEAVING
A PLACE THAT WE KNOW
REALLY WELL. AND SO
WE'RE COMING TO YOUR
STATE, NOT TO CHANGE IT.
WE'RE COMING BECAUSE
YOUR STATE OFFERS THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR
STATES ONCE HAD. AND
SO
SO WE
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING US IN AND WE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE
ALL WE CAN TO MAKE
SURE YOUR STATE
CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF
THE
THE BEST
THE BEST IN THE UNION, SAID CHABOT. "CONSERVATIVE MOVE
SAYS TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
HAVE USED THEIR
SERVICES. ONE OF THEIR
CLIENTS, A RETIREE, TOLD
ME SHE MOVED TO IDAHO
TWO MONTHS AGO FROM
OREGON - SIGHT UNSEEN.
SHE SAID OREGON WAS
HER HOME. SHE LOVED IT.
BUT AFTER THE RIOTS IN
PORTLAND, SHE WANTED
CLIENTS, A RETIREE, TOLD
ME SHE MOVED TO IDAHO
TWO MONTHS AGO FROM
OREGON - SIGHT UNSEEN.
SHE
SHE SAID
SHE SAID OREGON WAS HER HOME. SHE LOVED IT. BUT AFTER THE RIOTS IN
PORTLAND, SHE WANTED
TO GET OUT OF THERE,"
SAID KIM FIELDS.
"I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW I
THINK I WANT TO BE OUT
OF THERE FOR, POSSIBLY
FOR PERSONAL SAFETY.
NOT SAYING I WAS
AFRAID, BUT YOU KNOW
I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S
GOING TO GO ON. WHEN
THERE WAS THREATS OF,
'HEY, WE'RE COMING TO
BURN THE SUBURBS NEXT,'
I THOUGHT WOW, I DON'T
FEEL COMFORTABLE IN MY
OWN HOME ANYMORE,"
SAID CHRIS.
SAID CHRIS.
"WHEN
"WHEN I
"WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO OF ARMED CITIES IN
COEUR
COEUR D'ALENE STANDING UP TO ANTIFA, I THOUGHT IDAHO IS
WHERE I'M GOING. AND
HERE I AM," SAID CHRIS.
"IN SALEM, I WOULD HAVE
BEEN AFRAID TO WEAR A
MAKE AMERICAN GREAT
AGAIN T-SHIRT. I WOULD
HAVE LOVED TO, BUT
THERE'S NO WAY. AND
NEIGHBORS EVEN SAID
THE SAME THING, THEY
SAID, 'WE'D LIKE TO, BUT
DON'T DO IT. YOU WILL
GET BEAT UP. YOU'LL GET
HURT.' SO THERE'S NO
WAY I WOULD HAVE DONE
THAT THERE. BUT HERE, I
FEEL LIKE IF I WANT TO
EXPRESS
EXPRESS MY CONSERVATIVE OPINION, I CAN DO SO," SAID CHRIS.
"I WAS VERY TORN. I
LOVE OREGON. IT'S
WHERE MY HEART HAS
ALWAYS BEEN, BUT I
COULD NO LONGER
SUPPORT A GOVERNMENT
THAT WILL NOT SUPPORT
ITS CITIZENS. I THOUGHT,
YOU
YOU KNOW
YOU KNOW I PAY A LOT IN PROPERTY TAX AND INCOME TAX AND THE
GOVERNMENT OF
OREGON IS NOT
PROTECTING ITS CITIZENS
FROM VIOLENCE, FROM
DESTRUCTION. IT'S NOT
PROTECTING ITS
BUSINESSES AND IT
SEEMED TO EVEN BE
PROMOTING THE
VIOLENCE GOING ON.
AND SO I THOUGHT, I'M
TAKING MY TAX DOLLARS
SOMEWHERE ELSE. I WILL
GLADLY GIVE THEM TO THE
STATE OF IDAHO," SAID
CHRIS.
"ROUGHLY 80,000 PEOPLE
MOVED TO IDAHO IN
2018. OBVIOUSLY, NOT ALL
OF THEM CHOSE IDAHO
FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.
BUT WILL IDAHO'S NEW
CROP OF RESIDENTS TURN
OUR STATE AN EVEN
DEEPER SHADE OF RED?
WE'LL FIND OUT, COME
TOMORROW," SAID KIM
FIELDS
FIELDS