So for those not following VA politics, I’ll do up a bit of a TL;DR:
Pre-Nov-2023:
- Governor: Republican
- Legislature: 1 house was Dem, 1 house was Republican
- Abortion was used to try to drum up support to make both legislative houses Republican in the Nov 2023 elections (among other things)
Nov 2023 elections happen.
- Plan backfires. Dems get both legislative houses, but Gov seat is still Republican.
New Legislative session starts for 2024.
- Republican filed a bill to remove funding for abortions
- Dems were like “lol no”, wanted to bring a floor vote on the bill to get votes recorded on where everyone stands on it
- Republicans tried to revoke and water down bill, Dems were like “lol no”
- Dems forced the bill to floor vote
- Almost every single Republican decided to vote “no” on bill, so it failed by 97 votes (out of 100).
If there’s any places worth being the polar opposite of, Kentucky would be near the top of that list.
We still have a Dem governor. There are plenty of states farther south that are completely under fascist control. We didn’t, for example, pick a fight with the federal government or the Walt Disney Co.
I will totally concede that point. I mean, it sorta falls in the same category of “Thank god for West Virginia,” but it’s a very reasonable observation.
Although to be honest, if forced to relocate to any state down there, I’d probably just emigrate to Portugal.
Oh no doubt. I’m not saying Kentucky is good, just that it’s probably one of the better red states right now.
Which, uh… Isn’t really a ringing endorsement.