“With Gookin in the race, I worry the outcome could fracture the vote and open the door for the KCRCC (Kootenai County Republican Central Committee) candidate,” wrote John Pulsipher in a letter delivered to McEvers’ home about three weeks ago. “Their agenda isn’t about city issues — it's about forcing national politics onto local government, which could lead to turmoil and lawsuits.” ~CDA Press Oct. 4th, 2025 (see entire article here)
The Letter That Screamed: No MAGA Allowed in Coeur d’Alene
When a man hand-delivers a letter to the sitting mayor asking him to convince another candidate to drop out, all to keep a conservative woman off the ballot, you can practically smell the fear in the ink. That’s what John Pulsipher did. His now-infamous letter to Mayor Woody McEvers warned that Dan Gookin’s presence in the race could “fracture the vote and open the door for the KCRCC candidate.” Translation: We can’t let Debbie Loffman win…she might actually change how we do things.
Because Debbie Loffman isn’t one of them. She’s a conservative, Christian businesswoman with backbone, someone who doesn’t bow to Coeur d’Alene’s political establishment. And that terrifies the good-ole-boys who’ve kept this town wrapped in their brand of “nice” control for too long.
As I see it, Pulsipher’s letter reads like a desperate memo from the status quo: Keep MAGA out. Keep Christians quiet. Keep the people asleep. The irony, of course, is that he accuses the KCRCC of “forcing national politics onto local government” while literally writing a backroom plea to rig the local field. “National politics”? You mean President Trump's politics? The kind that freed American hostages, brokered peace deals instead of starting wars, closed the border, brought jobs back, cut taxes, delivered a $258 billion Treasury surplus, the second largest in U.S. history, made the world respect us again, and actually reduced crime in D.C.? Yeah, those terrible politics. It’s not a civic concern, it’s hypocrisy in a suit, clutching a clipboard and pretending it’s saving the city while it’s really just protecting its own power and Kingdom.
And then there’s the pearl-clutching finale, “which could lead to turmoil and lawsuits.”
Lawsuits? Over what, someone daring to say men don’t belong in women’s locker rooms? Someone questioning runaway spending or moral drift? Someone insisting that pornographic material doesn’t belong in school libraries? Or a high school student simply saying the truth, “Guys are guys and girls are girls—there is no in-between,” without getting punished for it? When the establishment starts throwing around “lawsuits,” it’s not because they fear chaos; it’s because they see accountability coming, and it scares them to death.
This wasn’t just a letter; it was a confession. The establishment’s nightmare isn’t chaos; it’s change. And her name is Debbie Loffman.
