Kentucky elected Matt Bevin as Governor last week. And he wasted no time in flexing his conservative muscle.
The Governor-elect spoke with Glenn Beck regarding the EPA’s overreach and the effects on Kentucky. He is fighting back against President Obama’s war on coal. And he’s going to do it in a manner that will have conservatives cheering.
Kentucky is a coal state. And Obama’s new coal policy allows the EPA to overstep what has been the responsibility of the states. And Matt Bevin isn’t going to allow that to happen. Citing the 10th Amendment, he says Kentucky will not be obeying these EPA regulations.
“The powers not given to the Federal government are the province of the States. These cases always come down on the side of the States. Never in the history of the world, has there been such a demand for coal and Kentucky is sitting on an abundance of it. We will tell the EPA and other unelected officials -who have no authority over Kentucky as a state- to ‘pound sand’. They have no legal authority and all they can do is sue; and in the meantime, Kentucky will do what it wants.”
Wow! This is what happens when we elect conservatives.
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H/T: The Blaze