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How the hell do you vote for Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House not once, but twice?! That’s exactly what Congressman Kelly Armstrong did. He voted for Jordan twice, when he knew that time and time again Jordan has never supported farmers. He voted against every farm bill that was placed in front of him. Republicans like Mitt Romney, John Boehner, and Liz Cheney all told the world who Jim Jordan really is. He’s a man that doesn’t build, but rather destroys. And he certainly doesn’t belong one heartbeat away from the Presidency.
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Governor Burgum called for a special legislative session to clean up the mess he and the legislature created. By making the final bill of the last session, they opened up a Christmas tree where everyone gets a gift. They placed every possible project they wanted into the legislature’s final bill. They didn’t care if the proposal had failed or not during the session, or even if it had a hearing. They only care about themselves and what they wanted. And they definitely wanted it all.
The problem is, they ran into someone that was willing to call them out. They tried to place themselves in a near majority position on the board that oversees public employees retirements funds, or the PERS Board. In fact, one of the legislators they appointed was the same Representative Dockter that over-billed the state for $1.7 million for a building he owned. So, with a clear violation of separation of powers, the PERS Board sued the state and placed the issue in front of the North Dakota Supreme Court.
The Court ruled that they couldn’t rule. Their point was that the bill, not law, violated the state constitution and they couldn’t just pick a section of it. They ruled that the final bill was unconstitutional and threw it out, therefore forcing a special session. Something needs to take the place of it, or a lot of bills and salaries won’t get paid.
Now, Governor Burgum is in the driver’s seat. Or as least he thinks so seeing as to how the Legislature has let him make the rules. Forget the fact that he signed the damn bill in the first place. They’ve given him a chance to use this opportunity to boost his failing campaign for President. By dictating the rules of the session, he has an opportunity to initiate policy. Say the elimination of all income tax for example. The problem is those rules also allow legislators to initiate policy that we ‘desperately’ need. Say the determination of how NDSU decides who is on their homecoming court and that the winners have to be a man and woman.
It won’t be just that. There will be tens of bills pushing every social agenda they can imagine. All they have to do is make sure the bill meets the criteria demanded by Donald Trump and the far right.
It’s now a game, so you better settle in. It’s not going to be short, and it’s not going to be fun.
Unless you’re a talk show host.
Good riding with you,
Joel
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