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Representative Rod Furniss likes to campaign as a conservative, but his record tells a very different story. His votes, his public statements, and his policy priorities make one thing clear: Rod Furniss does not represent Idaho’s conservative values.
Furniss has failed every major conservative scorecard in 2025. On the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Index [ [link removed] ], he scored just 54.6 percent — a flat-out failing grade. On their spending index, he scored an abysmal 1.4 percent, showing where his priorities truly lie: bigger budgets and bigger government. The Idaho Republican Party Platform Scorecard [ [link removed] ] gives him another failing grade at 49.4 percent. Idaho Republicans expect their legislators to defend liberty and limited government. Furniss hasn’t done either.
Take his co-sponsorship of House Bill 313, a plan to force taxpayers to fund tampon and pad dispensers in public school bathrooms for grades 6 through 12. The program came with a $735,000 installation price tag and $300,000 in annual costs to keep them stocked. Even worse, the original draft of the bill didn’t restrict dispensers to female bathrooms until other lawmakers pushed back. Furniss had to be told to add that language. On the House floor, he embarrassed himself further when he tried to defend the bill with his infamous “peeing, pooping, and period” speech, turning his proposal into a national punchline. [ [link removed] ] The bill failed in a 35–35 tie, but it revealed exactly where his instincts are: creating new government programs funded by your tax dollars.
Then there’s his attitude toward Idaho gun owners and constitutional rights. In a video that still circulates today, Furniss accused Idahoans of
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That is what he thinks about law-abiding gun owners standing up for their rights. Furniss also refused to sign the pledge to oppose Red Flag laws, leaving Idahoans to wonder where he really stands when it comes to defending the Second Amendment. His statements, his flip-flopping, and his refusal to take a hard stand have all damaged his credibility with the people he claims to represent.
Then there’s his vote on HB 314, known as the Children’s School and Library Protection Act. This bill would have required schools and public libraries to move sexually explicit and obscene materials out of the children’s sections and ensured minors couldn’t freely access them. Rod Furniss voted no. In doing so, he chose to protect the explicit materials and the libraries over protecting Idaho’s children.
Furniss tries to brand himself as a conservative, but his record is littered with votes for higher spending, taxpayer-funded programs, and weak positions on core constitutional rights. He insults the very people he should be fighting for while failing to uphold the principles in the Idaho GOP platform. Idaho Republicans deserve representatives who will stand up for liberty, protect our rights, and shrink the size of government. Rod Furniss has proven that he is not one of them.
Conservative Karey Hanks is running against Red Flag Rod for 2026. Be sure to visit her page and support her campaign.
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