My Governor is Weirder than Yours 

No, we only wish that was weird. Distressingly normal for the US.

STEG-O-SAUR-US

The president of my church in the 90's had been Eisenhower's Secretary of Agriculture during 1953-1961. While in office, he suggested the exact same thing. Here's a quote from the "Church News", just after his death in 1994: "On June 27, 1953, while visiting San Antonio, Texas, during a severe drought, Secretary Benson suggested to Gov. Alan Shivers "the wisdom of proclaiming a day of fasting and prayers for rain." On June 30, Gov. Shivers telephoned the Secretary to say San Antonio had more than two inches of rain. Someone sent him a newspaper clipping: *Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson apparently has contacts that are literally out of this world. When Benson left San Antonio on Sunday he promised south Texas farmers and ranchers immediate drought aid. Less than 24 hours later it rained for the first time in months."*

Hello, fellow Utahns!

Is it Abbott? That sounds like some ridiculous bs Abbott would say. I'd be happy he's not my governor anymore, buuuut now I'm in Florida so DeSantis isn't any better 😑

Wait, this isn't hankschannel?

More 50 minute interviews please.

Boy was I glad to see it though! Montana has become a muddy doormat for wealthy two-homers who come here to ski and fish and don't care about the people who live here year round.

Literally the first thing I thought lol. I've watched every video on this channel and this may be the longest outside of P4A livestreams!

MWAHAHAAHAH

I'd argue educational

@@vlogbrothersfour hour video when?

It's educational!

@@darcy_1 we already have a channel for that, its called "Knowing Better" he just put up a 3 hour video this week.

Big agree!! He asked really tough questions, that I wish were asked more often! I will say, though, local newspapers generally do interviews with local candidates ahead of elections. Its not a podcast, but its not nothing.

Time to go on tour, Hank!

Be the Hank Green you want to see in the world!

​@theskyway168 I wish Kentucky did that. It's way more difficult than it should be to dig up any information on what and who is on our ballots, what it means, what people stand for. I really miss Washington state's voter's pamphlet.

Hank US tour to interview all the candidates 😂😂

FRJ

Dont forget that in this election cycle, the districts for state assembly and senate have been redrawn to be more fair (by court order). Please make sure to go out and vote this year! Wisconsin needs some common sense back in office, since we lost a lot of it in 2010 with gerrymandering being such a large factor.

Me too! Just donated.

o/ neighbor. (MN wise)

Sounds like voting for the Greed Over People party is working out for regular folks 😢

Thank you for serving and thank you for sharing.

Wow that governor is even worse than he sounds from this interview. Best of luck with getting rid of him!

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Wisconsin is in a similar situation, the state legislature was defunding education, with Walker’s (the other TFG) help. At least Evers can still veto, they tried to take his power away via referenda (2).

@@Neonb88 There is one. At least I saw an hour or so of it.

@@florian-249link? I can’t find it

@@persimnon Hm. In my memory it was longer. It's only 26 minutes long. Maybe because I didn't know who he was before the interview and don't live in America. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4U3MDy8FF8E.html

@@florian-249 ah, that was the one I’ve already seen. Was hoping you found a hidden longer version because I really liked the interview

😂😂😂 neonb88 why?? That guy failed upwards AF

Best of luck!

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I read that as "mussolinian" at first and was both confused and concerned, hahaha

I feel the exact same way.

Ok but hear me out: first female Native governor! And continuing our great traditional of excellent VPs. It'll be worth it!

Absolutely!!

so sad that tim would be leaving MN if he wins but I think peggy would be a great fit for gov

Ditto

Hey! I'm an east coast elite who has never even considered visiting Kansas, and I just wanna tell you that I love Governor Laura Kelly! We need more people like her to come to DC and enter the Senate, haha. Seriously, I'm convinced that Democratic governors from red states (Andy Beshear, Jared Polis, Josh Shapiro, Laura Kelly, etc) and Republican governors from blue states (Chris Christie, Chris Sununu, Larry Hogan, Arnold Shwartzenegger, Phill Scott, etc) are going to save America. We're so polarized politically and we forget that a lot of Americans are pretty centrist. Blue state Republicans and red state democrats are often the last remaining centrists in politics, and we need a lot more of them if we wanna fix America. Sherrod Brown, Jon Tester, Joe Manchin, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, and Susan Collins are all great and they should all be supported.

@@michaele1654 I mostly agree, but as a Mainer, I really wish Senator Collins would _vote_ as independently as she speaks... Jared Golden strikes me as the better moderate, but you have to consider how "red" much of Maine's second district is. I have noticed, as someone who's originally from Missouri, that Maine is much less polarized than Missouri was, and that Alabama (where my friends live and where I am atm) is. In Maine, you can often have a conversation, about politics, with people who disagree with you, and everyone walks away on speaking terms. I feel like that was more common everywhere in the mid 2000s than it is now, but maybe that's just me getting older.

@@ArcherSeven yeah, I agree on all that. I think Collins will break with the GOP on Supreme Court votes (alongside Romney and Murkowski) but she's a pretty loyal Republican otherwise. I do think that Maine's special. I like it. Chill weather, chill people. I think I'd own a second house in Kennebunkport if I had the means... Never been to Alabama or Missouri so I can't judge them at all, but I agree on things feeling more polarized and angrier than they used to... I actually was up in Canada as an expat from 2018 to 2021, and I barely recognize the America that I returned to. It was a real culture shock when I got back. Something really changed in our country. I know a lot of things happened when I was gone, so idk if lockdown or the election or something else changed American culture, but I feel like most people have retreated to their corners and gotten a little scary. Like, I heard that violent threats against librarians have increased fiftyfold in the last two years. How have we gotten to the point that people think it's justified to threaten librarians? That's not the America that I remember... And, although I disagree with all of her political views, I respect that 36-year-old grandma Lauren Boebart reached under the aisle and made a connection with a Democrat. We all need to get together with members of the opposite party and do hand stuff at Beetlejuice while vaping. This is mostly a joke but also I do think that everyone should be more willing to date people who have different political views than we do

Fellow Kansan here, and I love my “red” state Democratic governor and the split ticket voting and culture that exists to make that happen!

Over in California, we (well, I used to live there) have a top-two open primary, so in the places which have caught on at least, moderate "good government" types win more often than you'd expect. The party affiliation may be 'D', but that's a big tent. Everywhere should switch to ranked-choice, IRV, STAR voting, or whatever... Because they are all miles better than what most places currently do.

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Yeah. You don't want to know the actual history of organized labor. It's crimey. And bloody.

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I'm only 15min in but I find it really interesting. I'm german and never really hear about american state politics only about presidential elections which get so annoying

​​​​​​​ Same. I spend way to much time online and hear a lot about US politics, but it's usually national. And if not, it's probably about some policies in Texas, Florida or other red states taking away reproductive rights, banning books in schools or sth similar that seem outlandish from my (obviously biased) German view. So it was very interesting to hear a more in depth conversation about politics in Montana, a state I hardly knew anything about. Helped to remind me that I definitely don't know enough about the 'states' part in the 'United States of America' and I better get rid of some of the prejudices I still have.

@@AV-we6woyes it is rare to get such a candid view! When I talked to my German relatives about their political system I was super confused too 😂 I’m hoping y’all can stay positive and keep the far right away!

Another Canadian echoing this

Agreed! Lots of us Canadians are invested in American politics since some of the trends seep over the border 😅

Hey I have a question as non american, are the national elections at the same time as the local elections?

​@@franny5156because most Americans only vote during the presidential election there are lots of other races timed for the same ticket too, though there are plenty of other local elections such as school boards, county elections, and others. I currently live in a west coast city, and I definitely voted more days a year when I lived in rural central America than I do currently. There was less to talk about in the Midwest tbh so people would talk about local politics more. Mainly structural (roads bridges gas tax), health care, and school funding. Also, Americans don't get time off for voting so some need money more than voting may be worth to them at that moment, so local elections are ignored by most folk. Subsequently a lot of state stuff is lined up for the presidential election cycles so people can have a higher chance of voting for state stuff.

Ryan bussy I'm sorry.

@@franny5156 Only the November elections are the same time.

I think your governor is actually super weird. Those white boots and his odd smile? Something is off.

Both my ears are liking _what_ they are hearing, very good discussion

ty for commenting this bc i was listening with just my right earphone in and was so confused

I was just looking through the comments to see if anyone else was talking about the audio weirdness

Thanks. I was afraid I had ripped the inside of the chord on my headphones again, lol.

Lmao thank you

I came here to comment the same thing

Gubernatorial

It's local politics, which are always more civil, and they agree with each other.

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Folks like Busse, Walz, Shapiro, and Whitmer are why I'm so confused when the pundits say Democrats don't have a deep bench.

Michigan mentioned ✋

Based on the cancer diagnosis reports, "Gubernatorial candidate body-slams brother of author John Green" is a more likely headline 😂

I literally thought it *was* John until I read this comment!

They’re becoming twins

it's sth about the frown and the quiff i think? I have stared at this image too long and I cant really tell

@@_Kathrin_ i think his face hit middle age finally

Even the fundamental creationists have to be like "what? Excuse me"

@@weltfenos1021ya it’s the young earth creationists who want that to be real. If you look it up you’ll find they have even more crazy beliefs and are run by the type of people who would do tax evasion and beat there wives (multiple after the divorces)

Incorrect! “how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings" - Jesus in Luke 13:34 chicks = baby dinosaurs : )

Thank goodness you said something. That was gonna weight on me like a... Like a... Ah, dang, help me out here, guys. What's something large and heavy, but small enough to at least metaphorically not kill you? I dunno, like the baby version of... Something really big? I feel like this is on the tip of my tongue. Man. Now THIS is gonna weigh on me. Like a baby dinosaur. I'm sure someone will come up with a good simile I can use here.

Thank you for reading the bible for us 😊

Read this comment and then saw the username... hi Andy!

Oh man. I still feel sick to my stomach thinking about that. I'm not a fan of starmer but it's shit like that that made me campaign to get him elected. He may be a Tory but at least he's not growing a tiny mustache

Sadly, in the US often our politicians don't think "how can I help the population with this budget," they think "which industries/large corporations can I subsidize." Hopefully that will change soon... but I'm not holding my breath for government money spent on building houses to not still primarily make large construction and real estate corporations richer 🙃

@@Naiadryade I get that, but they're not even helping their corporate friends so much if the state still has a surplus.

@@DylanSargesson true 🤦‍♀️

Tim Walz??

As a native Floridian, I approve of this. Rick Scott was a bad governor and now is even worse as a senator

Stop spreading your terrible ideas to great places. California and New York are collapsing because of you guys. Stop bringing your plague to places that don't want you.

@@slamdunkgator915He is also saying people are doing abortions after birth, so you can see where his mind state is at.

As a Mainer, I'm genuinely happy with King as our senator. I understand that he is independent, but I enjoyed his tenure as governor and don't find him bad in the Capitol. People over party is a big thing I heard in this video, and while a party platform is a quick way to learn what someone might do, their history is good too. Hoping for the best. Also, looking at the competing candidates, I don't see anyone of major concern, though maybe I'm not seeing the ads where I live around here lol

In all fairness property taxes are probably the most “fair” tax as you aren’t discouraging people from producing more as with income and sales tax also you cant take the land somewhere else it can’t be taxed like with the other two and in theory raising property taxes hurts big corporations buying lots of property the most

​@@AceTester But if you're low-income or fixed-income, and you own property anyway because you inherited it or you bought it years ago, that property is your stability. Raising taxes beyond what you can afford takes your stability away. Meanwhile, corporations who own many properties are able to do so because of their excess of profit, and while their property taxes will be a higher total number, it'll also be a much lower percentage of their profits/disposable income.