President Joe Biden's announcement earlier this month to restrict access to monoclonal antibody COVID-19 treatments was a bald-faced attempt to punish Republican governors.
No governor had complained about a shortage of the treatments, but the Biden administration stepped in anyway to take control of the treatment's distribution and restrict access for big, conservative states like Texas and Florida.
Unfortunately for the Biden administration, America's governors were not so easily dissuaded. Both Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Florida Governor Ron Desantis have announced their intention to go around the president and procure doses of the life-saving treatment on their own.
EXCLUSIVE: @GregAbbott_TX says Texas is bypassing Biden admin’s restriction on monoclonal antibody treatments by procuring them direct from the provider. #DanaRadio
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 27, 2021
Watch Now: Governor DeSantis announces acquisition of additional doses of monoclonal antibody treatments to counteract the federal government reducing Florida’s supply of the Regeneron monoclonal treatments. https://t.co/uNwlFXc3OT
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 23, 2021
The mainstream media is having a conniption, but the American people aren't surprised. Our state governments have always been a last bastion of defense against government overreach, and Govs. Abbott and Desantis are simply playing the role outlined by our Founders.
But that federalist structure is under attack. Over the last 100 years, Washington has grown in power while the states have shrunk. Today, the president can get on national news and announce an assault on our governors and expect to get away with it. Many states have become little more than regional offices for the federal government, and Washington controls everything from education to healthcare to the environment.
It's time for the states to stand up and re-balance power between the states and Washington. They hold the ultimate authority in our constitutional system of governments, but they have yet to use their most powerful tool: an Article V Convention of States.
A Convention of States is called and controlled by the states and has the power to propose constitutional amendments. These amendments can reverse the federal government's expansion by clarifying the portions of the Constitution the Supreme Court has used to expand national power.
For example, the Court has reinterpreted the Commerce Clause to allow Congress and the Deep State to control all commerce. The Founders only intended the national government to control interstate commerce, i.e., commerce among states. Amendments proposed at a Convention could clarify that limitation on federal power, which would instantly remove federal bureaucrats from many areas of our economy.
That's just one example of the ways a Convention of States could restrict federal power, limit federal jurisdiction, and end federal overreach. There are many others, and it's time our states joined together and asserted their power over tyrants in D.C.
Fifteen states have already called for a Convention of States (including Florida and Texas!). To join the over five million volunteers and supporters around the country, sign the Convention of States Petition below!
