Pandemic Has Turned Republican Governors Into Power Hungry Dictators - Ring of Fire

[Rhiannon12866]

Across the country, Republican legislatures and governors are passing sweeping legislation that limits the authority of cities and counties to protect their citizens from COVID-19. At least 26 states have either had an executive order or actual legislation passed to prevent mask mandates, vaccine mandates and/or passports, or to limit the authority of local health officials, nearly all of them Republican-controlled areas. The pandemic has raised a new issue about the absolute powers of state governors, and this could play a big role in the 2022 midterms. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Rhiannon.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Thanks!

Who could possibly vote for a governor who appears to be introducing policies that are killing their constituents?? I have never been so grateful that I'm in New York...

[SheltieLover]

3. K&R!

[Rhiannon12866]

4. How is killing of their constituents a winning strategy??

I really don't get it. And I'm grateful to be in New York, despite the winter snow and this summer's typhoons...

[SheltieLover]

5. I can't comprehend this either

I'm happy fof you that you are there, too!

[Rhiannon12866]

6. I also hated it when I was in school in Western Massachusetts, the winters were equally brutal there

But I'd much rather be there right now than in any of the Covid-friendly states!

[SheltieLover]

7. Oh, I know what you mean!

I lived most of my life in the Chicago area. Cold, but relatively sane for sure