washington, even as republicans try to ban them in every state in the country. and, you know, there is always a tale of two cities that you can tell in this country. i ve always been interested in state policy, state politics, the way things shape up, and the way you can see the states not just sort of as laboratories of democracy, but you can see the states where they are trying out things that each of the parties wants for the whole country. and so, there was always been a tale you can tell about, you know, what republican -controlled states are doing, forces what they are doing in the blue states. i think if i find it probably more interesting than most, i have always been intrigued by the stories. but, you know, as much as you can see in different states, between red states and blue states, the difference in priorities, the difference in outcomes. sometimes the notable difference in seriousness or purpose among lawmakers in those two different kinds of states. for all of that, all
even though the nra opposed the legislation and it continues now this spring, as you see a very conservative republican governor, bill lee, proposing the legislature pass a red flag law, again, a measure the nra doesn t like red flag laws are not insignificant. they work. in florida, they passed their red flag law shortly after parkland they ve used it 6,000 times to take guns away from people who were threatening harm against others or threatening harm against themselves so it s good news that you see republicans like bill lee stepping up and saying, it s time for us to do something. i think you re going to have more and more states, red states and blue states, acting for one reason and one reason only voters are not going to allow politicians to stand by and do nothing. what you saw in tennessee with this overwhelming show of support from kids and parents to back up those tennessee lawmakers to demand change, that s happening all over the
that those protests were kind of out of control and wild and wrong and should have been sort of put down in some way, and i don t think it s an accident that right now this kind of spark of this fight is around decor. um right. all of the kind of code we use for how should we conduct politics in this country? um and how there is a clash of generations in the thinking about that run. good real quick. i just think we can t lose sight of how fundamentally the red states and blue states are diverging. i mean, the red states really are in many ways building a nation within a nation. the general trend in american life from the sixties until around, 2020 was to nationalize more rights and reduce the ability of states to restrict those rights. everything from abortion and contraception to one person, one vote. the a d. a title nine. you know, the voting rights act and what we have seen since 2020 with the support of the majority on the supreme court. is states
conduct politics in this country and how there is a clash of generations in the thinking about that, ron? good real quick . i just think we can t lose sight of how fundamentally the red states and blue states are diverging. i mean, the red states really are in many ways, building a nation within a nation the general trend in american life from the sixties until around 2020 was to nationalize more rights and reduce the ability of states to restrict those rights. everything from abortion and contraception to one person. one vote the a d. a title nine. you know, the voting rights act and what we have seen since 2020 with the support of the majority on the supreme court. is states moving across a whole series of fronts. like i said, lgbtq rights free speech rights in the classroom, voting rights, abortion rights. to roll that back and set their own rules on civil rights and civil liberties . and this i think it s just a powerful symbol of the way in which the red states are departing from