POLITICS
The Dirty Dozen: America’s Most Deplorable Governors
Spoiler: they’re all Republicans
In normal times, elected leaders play a marginal role in our lives. A party comes to power, policies shift, and politics — while divisive — rarely impacts us directly.
But during a crisis, be it a global pandemic, an epidemic of police violence, or a Capitol riot inspired by lies, the character of our leaders and the quality of their governance can have disastrous consequences.
In 2020, when America faced a barrage of crises, Republican leaders politicized science, peddled dangerous conspiracy theories, exploited racial divisions, and tried to destroy our democracy.
Spreading the Big Lie of election fraud, senators like Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz were responsible for inspiring the Capitol riot. Not to be outdone, GOP governors made their mark as some of the worst leaders in history. These are the dirty dozen of America’s most deplorable governors.
Anti-Masker Mike Parson — Missouri
Welcome to the Show-Me State. Let me show you one of the worst governors in the country. Mike Parson led the anti-masker movement that got over half a million Americans killed. He signed a bill making all Missourians eligible to vote by…
