Well a lot of our politicians pay a lot of lip service to Trump to get elected but then become whores to the lobbyists once they win. In contrast, I personally know some of these so-called RINOs and while I am not always happy with how they vote, they are not bought and paid for, and try mightily to be heard when trying to explain their …
Well a lot of our politicians pay a lot of lip service to Trump to get elected but then become whores to the lobbyists once they win. In contrast, I personally know some of these so-called RINOs and while I am not always happy with how they vote, they are not bought and paid for, and try mightily to be heard when trying to explain their votes - a lot of issues are complicated and people have short attention spans and don't listen. They see a NO vote on an issue they support and fly off the handle on social media and start tossing insults. Some are just bad bills - poorly written with too many loopholes, too vague, or not likely to withstand a legal challenge. So they have to decide to vote Y to satisfy the social media mob or vote N and work for a better bill next session. Despite a super-majority in the legislature, and a weak R governor we get little done. Some of it is just personal. There are senators that literally hate each other and will vote no just out of spite if they don't like the bill sponsor. Politics is a nasty business and too many people who have come to this realization just check out. But Santa Claus is also alive and well, voters passed Medicaid expansion due to an initiative petition process that is way too easy for outside D money to come in and manipulate the system to get stuff on the ballot with a one or 2 sentence summary that totally ignores the fine print and people fall for it every year. The pot legalization bill was an awful socialist scheme with over 25 pages of fine print that no one read and that passed last year. Potheads turned out in force which also helped the D's in purple areas. But the R's are afraid of backlash to do any meaningful initiative petition reform as the Ds and media scream 'subverting democracy' if they try to pass bills to reign this in. It's a year from 2024 primary election, and we already have 120 initiative petitions approved to circulate, 80% of them sponsored and funded by leftist groups from outside the state. They pay $20/hr+ to people to collect signatures. We have a LOT of work to do.
Well a lot of our politicians pay a lot of lip service to Trump to get elected but then become whores to the lobbyists once they win. In contrast, I personally know some of these so-called RINOs and while I am not always happy with how they vote, they are not bought and paid for, and try mightily to be heard when trying to explain their votes - a lot of issues are complicated and people have short attention spans and don't listen. They see a NO vote on an issue they support and fly off the handle on social media and start tossing insults. Some are just bad bills - poorly written with too many loopholes, too vague, or not likely to withstand a legal challenge. So they have to decide to vote Y to satisfy the social media mob or vote N and work for a better bill next session. Despite a super-majority in the legislature, and a weak R governor we get little done. Some of it is just personal. There are senators that literally hate each other and will vote no just out of spite if they don't like the bill sponsor. Politics is a nasty business and too many people who have come to this realization just check out. But Santa Claus is also alive and well, voters passed Medicaid expansion due to an initiative petition process that is way too easy for outside D money to come in and manipulate the system to get stuff on the ballot with a one or 2 sentence summary that totally ignores the fine print and people fall for it every year. The pot legalization bill was an awful socialist scheme with over 25 pages of fine print that no one read and that passed last year. Potheads turned out in force which also helped the D's in purple areas. But the R's are afraid of backlash to do any meaningful initiative petition reform as the Ds and media scream 'subverting democracy' if they try to pass bills to reign this in. It's a year from 2024 primary election, and we already have 120 initiative petitions approved to circulate, 80% of them sponsored and funded by leftist groups from outside the state. They pay $20/hr+ to people to collect signatures. We have a LOT of work to do.