Link of the afternoon: Americans don't want GOP Govs ****ing
with their local government:
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-governors-are-inadvertently-fueling-a-back-backlash-against-their-own-party-report/
GOP Governors Are Inadvertendly Fueling A Backlash Against Their Own Party: report
Alex Henderson, AlterNet
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Although MAGA Republicans spend a lot of time talking about "states' rights," they aren't always big on local rights and will gladly shoot down local laws and ordinances they don't like — whether it has to do with marijuana, taxes, the minimum wage or COVID-19-related restrictions. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, for example, have issued executive orders forbidding local school districts from mandating face masks in the classroom. And liberal Washington Post opinion writer Greg Sargent, this week in his column, argues that Abbott and DeSantis are way out of the mainstream.
"With DeSantis and Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott actively thwarting local officials from protecting their constituents with mask mandates," Sargent writes, "a backlash to these antics may be brewing. A new Axios-Ipsos poll probes public sentiments on this in a novel way. It asks respondents about state laws that prohibit local officials from creating mask requirements. Both DeSantis and Abbott have sought to do this, albeit by executive order."
The Axios-Ipsos poll found that 66% of Americans oppose statewide prohibitions of local mask mandates, while only 33% favor them. In other words, the respondents believe that if local school officials in Dallas, for example, want a mask mandate, that should be left up to them — not forbidden by Abbott.
"What's more, the poll also finds that a whopping 77% oppose efforts to withhold funding from school districts and local governments that implement mask mandates," Sargent observes. "This fills in our understanding of public opinion. Polling has already shown that large majorities favor mask mandates when asked. This new data shows that equally large majorities oppose efforts by governors to actively prevent local officials from implementing such measures."
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