NYT: GOP Governors Enacting Conservative Priorities At Lightning Speed

February 13, 2017

All across America, Republican governors are implementing innovative ideas, transforming their states and achieving meaningful conservative reform. As the New York Times reported this weekend, Republican governors are taking action in the states, delivering on campaign promises, and standing up for taxpayers.

The New York Times reports:

“Republicans have top-to-bottom control in 25 states now, holding both the governorship and the entire legislature, and Republican lawmakers are acting with lightning speed to enact longstanding conservative priorities.

Republicans have gained power rapidly in the states since the 2008 presidential election, winning 33 governorships…

Riding to office on a wave of discontent with the Obama administration, headstrong governors in states like Wisconsin and Ohio embarked on a ferocious quest to transform their states, repeatedly battling powerful unions….

In Missouri, where union membership has waned, Gov. Eric Greitens, a telegenic former member of the Navy SEALs, signed a ‘right to work’ bill into law on Monday, denying unions the power to require that workers at companies they represent pay dues or their equivalent as a condition of employment. In Kentucky, Gov. Matt Bevin signed a similar measure in January, along with the repeal of a law that kept wages high on public construction projects.

In several states that the party has controlled for a longer span, Republican governors have also announced aggressive plans to overhaul the size and functions of government, including a Wisconsin welfare-overhaul proposal, backed by Gov. Scott Walker, and a large program of tax cuts in Florida, championed by Gov. Rick Scott. Both men were first elected in 2010.

Sidelining Democratic lawmakers and grinding down liberal interest groups, these Republicans may have helped pave the way for Mr. Trump’s victories in a string of traditionally blue Midwestern states last year.

While national Democrats battle President Trump, conservatives are steamrolling them in the states.”