I was watching (OK, it was on for background noise :) ) AZFamily's Politics Unplugged, when Republican House Speaker Steve Montenegro said something that absolutely gobsmacked me with its craven falseness.
He said that the people have spoken about their support for school vouchers and that Republican legislators are just doing their will when the lege expands the budget-busting ESA program (no quotes because I can't cite his exact statement, but I can say unequivocally that he didn't use the phrase "budget busting." Though he should have, if he was interested in being honest.)
One part of what he said WAS true - the people have spoken.
One problem, though - in 2018, the legislature was unequivocally told NOT to expand ESAs.
From the Arizona Secretary of State's final canvass of election results from that year -
64.8% voted "no" while 35.2 voted "yes."
That seems rather unequivocal.
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