Another enormously powerful storm is barreling towards the United States. Hurricane Florence is projected to strike the Carolinas and Georgia late this week, inflicting severe wind and storm surge damage. Just as dangerous is the projection that it will probably stall out near the coast, dumping most of its rain in a small area and causing massive flooding far inland — just as Hurricane Harvey did to Houston last year.
It is a terrifying and dangerous situation for residents of the affected states. In the longer term, it is also an object lesson for how conservative Republicans are failing the absolute most basic task of governance: representing the interests of their constituents. Republican policymakers have been twiddling their thumbs while a huge threat bears down on their states — if not actively making things worse.
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