An interesting phenomenon is occurring now that Donald Trump is the president-elect. Republican-controlled states are moving even further to the right – and they aren’t waiting for Trump to arrive back at the White House. Are these red-state leaders just emboldened by the MAGA win, or is there more to this story?
Red States March Right On
Donald Trump made a spectacular comeback on Election Day 2024, taking not just the electoral vote, but the popular as well – the first time in two decades a Republican presidential candidate has done so. Since his win, GOP leaders across the nation have rushed to advance far more conservative agendas before he even takes office.
In Idaho, lawmakers are working on legislation to allow school staff to carry concealed firearms without prior approval and to make it easier for parents to sue districts in library and curriculum disputes. Oklahoma schools may soon be required to display the Ten Commandments.
Arkansas Republicans are working to create a felony offense for “vaccine harm,” making pharmaceutical companies or their executives criminally liable if their products hurt or kill people. The left, of course, is outraged about this – despite their desire to do the same for firearm companies. The difference, of course, is that they want to make firearm manufacturers criminally liable when criminals misuse their products. What lawmakers in the Natural State hope to do is hold Big Pharma accountable when their products used as directed still hurt or kill people.
Ironically, while the left calls the firearm industry the only one in America protected from legal liability when their products hurt people, the truth is gun makers can still be sued if their products malfunction and cause injury or death, just like any other industry … except for vaccine makers. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 actually made vaccine makers immune to wrongful injury and death lawsuits – the only industry in America that is. […]
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