The petty tyrant Michigan leader @GovWhitmer mandates that citizens may not travel to their own second residences, may not buy garden seeds or a can of paint. Such govt overreach represents an affront against common sense and our principles of liberty 1/3 https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/09/whitmer-extends-stay-home-order-april-30/5122232002/">https://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...
A lot of other petty tyrants, e.g. @chicagosmayor, leverage the crisis as a power flex. The Left is about control.
My article about my own mayor, Lori Lightfoot, the latter-day Marie Antoinette: 2/3 https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/08/mayor_lightfoot_a_modern-day_marie_antoinette_142893.html">https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/...
My article about my own mayor, Lori Lightfoot, the latter-day Marie Antoinette: 2/3 https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/08/mayor_lightfoot_a_modern-day_marie_antoinette_142893.html">https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/...
In the case of Michigan, and perhaps other states, these state/local leaders will surely pursue punitive restrictions even once Pres Trump reopens our economy, providing a big political opportunity for Trump to win over rightly-angered voters in those places. 3/3