Senate Republicans are now discussing the revival of legislation to ban online gambling. This is a top priority of Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who generously funded both Trump and Senate Republicans in this year’s election. Adelson runs brick-and-mortar casinos. Online gambling is an alternative — a competitor to his brick-and-mortar casinos. So he wants his bought-and-paid-for crony elected officials to ban it.
I’m sorry, but what the holy heck are these Republicans thinking? Was there something in the 2016 election result that suggested it would be a good idea to throw a giant bone to a campaign donor the day after his big gamble paid off?
There is absolutely zero legitimate argument to be made for Adelson’s personal legislation. In fact, it violates several key tenets of small-government thinking.
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