The “Make America Great Again” movement says it’s all about stopping corruption and “draining the swamp.” But some Republican governors are pursuing their own “swampy” crony capitalism — just MAGA-branded, this time.
They’re shamelessly setting aside all that pesky past rhetoric about free-market capitalism and limited government to pass sweeping state-level bans on lab-grown meat products, which are made via new technology where meat is grown in labs and no animals are slaughtered. Republican Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is the latest governor to sign such a ban on this agricultural innovation. The legislation he just signed not only threatens the license of any retail business that sells these products, but also threatens their owners with jail time and fines.
