Politics

Kansas Republicans are trying to make abortion illegal. It won’t work.

My home state of Kansas is never one to miss an opportunity to humiliate itself on the national stage. After an eight year wrath of terror brought about by the likes of Sam Brownback, we finally have a governor who has some common sense and understands that you can’t fund road construction if you don’t have the taxes to pay for it.

Of course Kansas, never one to disappoint, elected post-Capital insurrection Trump apologists Roger Marshall and Jake La Turner to Congress. Marshall, fortunately, had the good sense to retreat from his stance. LaTurner; however, has not. Granted, LaTurner is in a precarious damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t situation. 40% of Kansas is democratic. The blue voters are threatening to kill him if he continues to support Trump, the red voters threaten to kill him if he doesn’t.

It’s a difficult time to be a freshman Republican representative with no real political experience outside of a short tenure as state treasurer.

The Republicans, intent on tying themselves to a sinking ship, basically handed the Democrats the power of the Federal government. As a Democrat who is terribly concerned about the state of our economy, I am excited that there are finally people in charge who are not afraid to do what needs…