You know things are getting interesting when OKLAHOMA is acting as a voice of reason.
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I’m pretty sure Stitt is just the current president of the NGA.
NGA’s mission is to represent all 55 governors
For anyone else wondering what's represented beyond the 50 states, the NGA's Governors page includes the governors of American Somoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
All of which should be states IMO.
American Samoa doesn't want to become a state because parts of the constitutions equality laws would erase part of their culture.
Hot take: If your culture is grounded in inequality then it's not worth preserving.
Yeah that's most peoples take, I don't necessarily agree, but that's just the reason. There was a big push at one point for statehood that mostly came from people stateside that used to live in American Samoa but it never got broad support by the people who live there.
A lot of it has to do with giving American foreigners rights and not wanting the island to be industrialized and pushed towards more tourism and M/Billionaires 10th vacation home.
United States showing how we can fight against that fat orange fuck.
This is fighting? Not holding an event? The bare minimum here is to host it and still invite everyone because that’s the entire point. Throwing the plan in the garbage and walking away isn’t fighting, especially when he’s getting his way pretty much everywhere and can just have his little Republican governors’ meeting whenever he wants otherwise.
Ya’ll need to redefine “fighting” because that’s the weakest shit I’ve ever seen.
How exactly does this fight him?
He’s a narcissist. You’re depriving him of his narcissistic supply.
Unfortunately it’s probable that the White House will just go ahead with the event anyways by having the Republican Governors (or as many as possible) have dinner with the president at the white house
He's surrounded by yes men and has dementia. He probably doesn't even know this meeting was a thing. This is a whole bunch of nothing.
So you guys think Stitt isn't cradling the balls and jerking it behind closed doors? As in he doesn't feel like it's smart or time yet to fully divest of the charade?
Yeah, only reason this is happening is because they would've run into legal problems trying to say this was a Governors Association dinner when their vice chair and about half their members objected
It is in fact possible to be both Republican and vehemently against the current regime. There are plenty of die-hard Republicans who have vocally hated Trump for the past decade.
That doesn't mean he has good politics, but you can have bad politics and still hate the out-and-out Nazis.
Doubt. Only one I see is Massie.
This may be shocking to you, but there are actually Republicans who aren't members of Congress.
Just because MAGA has captured a majority of the party and therefore wins most of the primaries doesn't mean there are no non-MAGA republicans.
Also, there's Susan Collins in the Senate, so that's at least two.