Report: Left-Wing Bureaucracies Are Subverting Red States
the article reports on a new analysis by the State Leadership Initiative (SLI) revealing that left-wing bureaucracies are covertly undermining Republican governance in so-called “red states.” Despite voters electing Republican officials, these states often end up governed by progressive policies such as DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) mandates, ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) principles, and other left-leaning administrative practices commonly found in blue states. This dynamic effectively subverts self-government because unelected national associations of state officials-often presenting themselves as nonpartisan-promote leftist policy frameworks, draft regulations, broker federal grants, and influence agency cultures without voter or elected official oversight.
The report highlights organizations such as the National school Boards Association (NSBA), which has promoted controversial policies and sought federal intervention against parents opposing certain educational directives. Other groups like the Environmental Council of the States and the National Association of Medicaid Directors also contribute to advancing left-wing orthodoxy within state governments.
to counteract this trend,SLI recommends that republican state leaders audit affiliations wiht national organizations,restrict the adoption of external policies without in-state review,and establish new institutions committed to accountable governance. The report emphasizes that while the problem is structural, states have the authority and tools to reclaim control of their bureaucracies-requiring only the political will to act and reject so-called professional consensus in favor of constitutional government.
Left-wing bureaucracies are quietly undercutting the will of Republican voters in so-called “red states” across the country, according to a new report.
Published this week by the State Leadership Initiative (SLI), the group’s “Shadow Government” analysis reveals how “Republican voters elect Republican governors and legislatures — only to find their states governed by the same DEI mandates, ESG principles, and left-wing administrative orthodoxy that prevail in blue states.” The end result of this dynamic, the report notes, is “a subversion of self-government.”
“When unelected associations dictate how agencies operate — and do so in lockstep with federal bureaucracies and activist NGOs — the will of the people is rendered moot,” the report reads. “Republican officials are not merely thwarted; they are trapped in a system designed to resist course correction.”
According to SLI, left-wing actors are able to accomplish this feat through the use of “national associations of state officials,” which often masquerade themselves as “nonpartisan” while advancing “progressive governance.” In turn, these organizations “issue policy templates, draft regulations, broker federal grants, and shape the internal culture of government agencies” — all of which SLI notes are “rarely scrutinized by voters or elected officials, but … are treated as gospel by career bureaucrats.”
“Through this mechanism, leftist policy becomes the baseline for red state governance, without a single vote cast,” the report reads.
The analysis highlights several state-affiliated associations and how they have each sought to further left-wing orthodoxy in state governments across the nation.
This includes the infamous National School Boards Association (NSBA), which, as noted by SLI, gained widespread fame in fall 2021 after asking the Biden administration to use domestic terrorism laws to go after parents protesting unscientific Covid policies and racial indoctrination at school board meetings. The report also documents the NSBA’s past support for “racial sensitivity training and DEI-aligned curricula” and “expanded federal oversight of local education.”
Other organizations highlighted in the analysis are the Environmental Council of the States, National Association of Medicaid Directors, and more.
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SLI includes several recommendations for elected Republican state officials on how to “reclaim control over their bureaucracies.”
Among them are to conduct a full-scale audit of which national organizations their respective state is partnered with and issuing executive directives “instructing agencies not to adopt external model policies without in-state review and justification.” The group also advised GOP officials to go on offense by creating “alternative institutions committed to political neutrality — or better, to accountable governance.”
“The problem is structural, but the response need not be timid. States possess both the authority and the tools to reclaim control over their bureaucracies,” the report reads. “The only requirement is the will to act — and a refusal to accept ‘professional consensus’ as a substitute for constitutional government.”
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