According to a newly released study by Jennifer
Montez from Syracuse university, red States,
meaning States that are being run by Republicans,
governors, legislatures in the like, uh, but
these red States have a lower life expectancy
than blue States, which means that if you
were living in a state, according to this
new research that is being run by Republicans,
you are going to die earlier than if you were
living in a state run by Democrats. And that's
not because of the different, you know, atmospheres
or the different scenery or anything like
that. It is according to this study directly
related to the policies from Democrats versus
Republicans. Here it is the Montana study
reveals that life expectancy in red and blue
States began to diverge slowly in the 1970s,
but accelerated after 1980, when Ronald Reagan
propelled the rise of the modern conservative
movement, the year 2010 was another watershed
moment. The study says when Republicans swept
into power in 21 States and aggressively eliminated
liberal policies, noticeably shortening the
lives of red state residents.
Um, 85 to 90% of the discrepancy in life expectancy
can be explained by the social determinants
of health, which includes unemployment income,
education, social insurance, health, unemployment,
retirement, the environment, exposure to toxic
chemicals, uh, civil rights, fair employment,
and housing practices, racism, sexism, and
other social circumstances, individual behaviors
important to how people cope with psychological
distress, depression, loneliness, and hopelessness
sometimes created by these very same social
circumstances to put it in other way, if you
live in a state controlled by a Republican,
and they're doing things like letting corporations
come and dump their toxic waste into your
area, that's going to shorten your life span.
If you live in a state, run by a Republican
who says that no little cities, you cannot
have a higher minimum wage than the rest of
the state, which 25 States right now have
policies like that. That's gonna shorten your
lifespan.
If you live in a state run by our Republican,
that says, Hey, we're totally okay. If your
business wants to discriminate against people
who have a different sexual preference than
you, then that's going to shorten your lifespan.
Even if you agree with the policy, all of
these things take their toll, economically,
socially, all of it, it is all related. So
even if you're living these red States, but
these horrible policies may not be affecting
you directly. They are still affecting your
health. And we're not talking about you're
going to die a month sooner. In some States,
the discrepancy is as big as seven years,
you may die seven years sooner. According
to this Montana study, living in a red state
than in a blue state. So I want everybody
to understand that fully when they head to
the polls this November, because this isn't
just happening at state levels anymore. This
is happening at the federal level. That's
what we get with Donald Trump. The same kind
of policies that are shortening your life.
State by state are very easily translatable
to the federal side of it too, to put it another
way, keep electing Republicans. And we're
all going to be sent to an early grave.
