First off let’s be clear S Marshall Wilson will not and cannot
save West Virginia. I support him because he knows that is not the governor’s
job in the first place.
Jim Justice wants to shelter and protect West Virginians, he
wants to feed us and clothe us and keep anyone from ever getting sick. Marshall
Wilson knows the difference between an elected public servant and a messiah.
Jim Justice believes
that by making a disaster declaration he has no limits to his power as long as it’s
for the public good as designated by his office. S Marshall Wilson understands
that the US and state constitutions exist to limit the power of government to
specific enumerated powers that do not include ordering the worship services in
individual churches, seizing the rights of individuals to govern the use of
their own property and make personal and
intimate decisions about health on behalf of 1.7 million WV citizens.
Jim Justice believes that he alone has authority to make law
and impose penalties and that executive orders have the full weight of law and
therefore refuses to call the legislature into session to give the people’s
representatives a voice in the state’s policies related to covid response,
restrictions, and spending. S Marshall
Wilson respects the legislative process and understands the importance of
oversight especially in a time of crisis.
Jim Justice wants absolute rule, he prefers a velvet glove
but will readily use the iron fist if necessary.
S Marshall Wilson understands and believes that the purpose
of government is as stated in the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
Perhaps you live in a different state but I urge you judge what your governor has done during this pandemic and see how it measures up to the fundamental truth that the declaration states, if health and safety (ie the greater good) has supplanted the protection of inalienable rights as the primary function of government, you need a new governor as badly as WV does.
Keep on the firing line.
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