The two opponents in the upcoming November Idaho governor’s election issued statements on Sunday, following the arrest of 31 masked members of a white nationalist group in Coeur d’Alene.
Police found the men inside of a U-Haul truck during a traffic stop Saturday. Discovered to be part of a group called Patriot Front, they were arrested on suspicion of conspiring to riot at the north Idaho town’s Pride in the Park event, reported The Spokesman-Review. Only one of the members was from Idaho.
Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White said “police were tipped off by a citizen who said they saw a large group of people wearing masks and donning shields looking ‘like a little army’ jump into a U-Haul truck Saturday afternoon at a hotel parking lot,” The Spokeman-Review said.
