Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was once a favorite amongst TEA Partiers and conservatives across the nation with her tough as nails stance on securing Arizona’s borders. She passed what quickly became a controversial law that allowed Arizona to exercise their 10th Amendment rights to fight illegal immigration side stepping the federal government and the Obama Administration who seemed to be doing nothing about the growing problem. That gave her growing support from Americans everywhere. On April 13th of this year Governor Brewer made this statement on her official Facebook page.
“It's amazing that a year ago today I had 4,000 on my page and now I'm closing in on 400,000. I want to thank everyone for their support!”
Now it seems that it is safe to say that Jan Brewer has lost little bit of that support. Earlier this week Governor Brewer vetoed a bill that would have required any presidential candidate to produce documents proving their eligibility to serve as president before their name could appear on an Arizona ballot. The issue was brought up due to the rising belief in this country that President Obama may not be eligible to serve as President. The bill passed both the Arizona House and Senate and went to Governor Brewer who quickly vetoed it. If she had signed it then Arizona would have become the first state in the nation to have such a law. People from the TEA party movement and conservatives in general were waiting for her to sign the bill once it was announced that it was passed, but were quickly disappointed and wasted no time on the internet to ask the question “why”? The following day Jan Brewer released a statement explaining her actions.
“The bill would have granted sole power to the secretary of state, a county recorder or a city clerk to arbitrarily remove any candidate from the ballot in any federal, state or local election. As a former secretary of state, I do not support designating one person, at their own discretion, as the gatekeeper to determine who can and cannot appear on the ballot, which could lead to arbitrary or politically-motivated decisions in future elections.”
Now the more disappointment may be headed the way of TEA Partiers now that it has been reported that Governor Brewer may not approve a “Don’t Tread on Me” license plate commemorating the TEA party. The Gadsden Flag from the Revolutionary War period has become the un-official symbol of the TEA party.
Governor Brewer has not taken a public stance on the new design and has until May 2 to sign the measure which passed the Arizona Senate 22-8.
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