For a group that loves to lecture as if they are the brightest bulbs in the chandelier, Democratic state leaders refuse to learn from their failed policies. When it comes to operating state budgets and functioning as a responsible entity, these soft-brained blowhards sure do resist the temptation of common sense. Just look at recent results.

After insulting the citizens and telling opponents to go down to Florida, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently changed her tune and attempted a tone-deaf siren song to lure back those who fled. As soon as Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger was sworn in, she pitched her campaign pledges into the firepit and hiked taxes statewide. Then, Boeing took flight out of Virginia.

Then there is California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has yet to meet a fiscal failure he could not improve upon. During his tenure, Governor Brylcreem has seen a convoy of businesses and nomadic hordes of citizens jumping his border, as California has lost Congressional seats and annually operates with a budget deficit in the tens of billions of dollars. Meanwhile, states like Texas and Florida draw in these transplants and benefit; Ron DeSantis is toying with repealing property taxes as a result of perpetual budget surpluses.

If these governors need a mackerel to the........

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