Daines, Gianforte and Zinke Leading the Charge to Seize Public Lands
To sum up the last week would be nearly impossible, but one thing is for sure, while the cover of other news was swarming the Republican Party has started to implement the land seizure programs they always promised they would. Republicans even placed land seizure in the 2016 Republican National Convention platform:
Congress shall immediately pass universal legislation providing for a timely and orderly mechanism requiring the federal government to convey certain federally controlled public lands to states.
The public lands debate is being framed by Zinke, Daines, Gianforte and the Republican land seizure advocates as part of the states rights movement. This is a poor analysis for many reasons. One is that these lands are federal land. That means every American is entitled to their use, not just those citizens who happen to live and vote in Utah and Nevada, Alaska, Idaho and other western states.
Outside Magazine did a good fact check of the platform plank to seize public lands back in 2016.
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https://themontanapost.com/2017/12/11/daines-gianforte-and-zinke-leading-the-charge-to-seize-public-lands/
