Idaho Capitol Security Admit Mistake in Recent House Floor Incident
By Greg Pruett • April 8, 2021Several weeks ago, before the Idaho legislature went into recess, an incident occurred on the Idaho House floor.
Two high school students were on the House floor handing out masks to legislators. At one point, the students stopped and took a picture of Rep. Priscilla Giddings (R-White Bird) and Rep. Tammy Nichols (R-Middleton).
When Giddings saw the students on the floor she took them over to the security guard to find out why the students were on the House floor. One of the House rules Giddings cited says that the House has to follow prohibits citizens from being on the House floor the first ten minutes after a floor session and 30 minutes prior to a floor session.
Additionally, Giddings said that citizens on the House floor are escorted by a legislator and no legislator was present with the students.
Last week, Giddings was sent an email by capitol security who admitted that a mistake had been made on their end and that the security guard had made assumptions he should not have made.
Here is the portion of the email regarding the security concern brought forward by Giddings:
I wanted to follow up with you concerning the complaint on Officer B. Aggson and his lack of attention to detail, which led to two individuals accessing the floor, taking photos of you and Representative Tammy Nichols and then subsequently posting them on social media. I have concluded my investigation and determined Officer Aggson did not follow procedure and was negligent in his duties. He admitted to “assuming” during this incident and should have taken action before allowing the two individuals through [to] the floor. I very much apologize for this incident and have provided Aggson counseling, training and a written record of his shortcomings. In addition, I have replaced Aggson’s position with Officer Adam Mirjanian and switched some other positions to better fit the needs for the remainder of the 2021 Session. Moreover, I have added Officer Dwight Penkey to assist the House door-keeper. Penkey is by far one of our best officers and he will ensure no one is allowed to enter the floor.
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Giddings told Idaho Dispatch that she had no idea who the students were or why they were on the floor. She said that she had nothing personal against the students but just had a security concern with people being on the floor, unescorted, at a time when no one was supposed to be on the House floor.
The students later on that day posted several images to Instagram. The students are allegedly part of a group called “Extinction Rebellion Youth- Boise,” an environmental group fighting for what their website describes as “climate justice.”
Two of the pictures the students post on their Instagram are with Rep. Lauren Necochea (D-Boise) and Sen. Grant Burgoyne (D-Boise). (Story continues below.)
Idaho Dispatch reached out to ask XR Youth Boise if a legislator had told them they could go on the House floor at the time they did. We have not yet received an answer from them.
Here is the image that was posted of Giddings and Nichols on the XR Youth Boise Instagram:
In this post, the group thanks Chew for guidance but there is no indication on if it was just guidance for being in the capitol in general or guidance on entering the House floor or another meaning.
In the email from capitol security, they indicate that they moved personnel around and ensured Giddings that security would do better going forward.
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Tags: Extreme Rebellion, Lauren Necochea, Priscilla Giddings, Sue Chew, Tammy Nichols
5 thoughts on “Idaho Capitol Security Admit Mistake in Recent House Floor Incident”
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This could have gone really bad in any number of ways.
Next Giddings is going to want barbwire and the National Guard to keep “We The People” out. Remove her now!
How poorly this was handled by elected reps. They could’ve got off their “thrones” and introduced themselves to the young people, befriended them…asked their names, classes they were taking in school, and general “get acquainted discussion”…made it a teachable moment, overview of the workings of the chamber…i.e., the reps could’ve been nice. Instead, the reps chose arrogance and to complain to their security officials. In retrospect, do Reps Giddings and Nichols believe they made a positive or negative impression on these young high schoolers?
I’m very familiar with these Extinction Rebellion foot soldiers. They don’t want to be educated by “teachable moments.” They want to shame their targets and push their radical agendas. I used to be a party officer of the Idaho Green Party and I know the landscape of moderate to radical actors in the enviro community. The whole filed has gone bonkers so I left many years ago.
Okay….this is pure agitprop by leftist enviro activists that ONLY intended to shame conservative legislators with their mask-or-else schtick. Most radical leftists don’t even bother with masks when they protest. They use them as props when they want to demonstrate against conservatives by using Covid in its psyop weapon capacity. This “Extinction Rebellion” faction is part of the spearhead of enacting the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset to Communism. Also see Deep Green Resistance as another group. They oppose middle class lifestyles and hate most people. They believe humans are a cancer upon the earth…..except for themselves! They are the biggest hypocrites as they rub shoulders with elites at times for the big push to destroy America and most nation-states.