Living in a state with the worst Governor...........

[Shanti1]

I hate De Santis. School starts next week and I miss living in a state where the governor gave a shit about the people that live in the state.

 

[poppy]

Hi Shanti1 - didn't know you live in Florida. I cannot stand DeSantis either. Just posted about him in the Covid thread before I saw this. My gov is a Dem, but you'd never know it, he caves to whatever the Repubs who run the state want. Does your son go to public school? Banning masks is just scary in states with a low vaccination rate. Our gov is actually trying to walk that back now, too late.

 

[Solssta2]

I'd like to take an opportunity to talk to people about what it means to live in a State and feel torn about it. Where one has no choice but to appreciate it because there's so much to appreciate but feeling overwhelmed in knowing how to have a point of view despite so many personal struggles with said points of view.

 

[barnswallow]

Is it time to start 'elections 2022' thread yet?

Opinion: Why governors' races will be so critical in 2022 [WaPo, 8.9.21]

Governors, as we have seen during the pandemic, have extraordinary power over the lives of their residents — far more than a president has, in certain respects. Governors can respond capably to crises or unleash death and destruction. That’s why the performance of several governors will come back to haunt them (or their party, if they are term-limited) in 2022.

In Florida, where covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are soaring, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is under siege for his life-threatening ban on mask and vaccine requirements. The Post reports:

His ban on vaccine passports was temporarily blocked by a federal judge late Sunday: Norwegian Cruise Line was cleared to require coronavirus vaccines for guests and crew members after U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams granted the company a preliminary injunction, blocking a Florida law championed by DeSantis that would have fined the cruise company for requiring vaccines.
Coronavirus protocols in schools are also in the spotlight as the head of the country’s second-largest teachers union on Sunday shifted course to signal support for vaccine mandates for teachers to protect students, especially those under 12 who are not old enough to be inoculated.

Parents of disabled students, who are particularly at risk from covid-19, are now suing the state. DeSantis’s approval rating is sinking like a stone.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) appears to be running neck and neck with DeSantis for the distinction of the nation’s most irresponsible governor. His edict preventing mask and vaccine requirements predictably has also resulted in soaring caseloads and hospitalizations just as kids are returning to school.

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These two governors will appear on the ballot in 2022, and 34 other states will hold gubernatorial elections. These contests will serve as a test of whether playing to the MAGA mob at the expense of the health and well-being of residents is good political strategy.
Those elections will be critical not only for education, health care, the environment and other policy areas in those states, but they also will have grave implications for our democracy. Democratic wins in governors’ races in Florida, Texas, Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin could put the right people in place to veto voter suppression bills, challenge existing ones and defend county election officials from takeover by partisan Republican legislatures.

 

[poppy]

^Is it time to start 'elections 2022' thread yet?

Only if you want to be in an endless election cyle - what happened to governing? If you do, I suggest we be able to actually spell out Trump's name.