Rachel Maddow Instagram – “As much as you can see in different states, between red states and blue states, a difference in priorities, a difference in outcomes, sometimes a notable difference in seriousness of purpose among lawmakers in those two different kinds of states — for all of that, all those trends that I followed for years, this is one of the few times I can remember when Democratic states like Jay Inslee’s Washington state are passing not just legislation that’s different than what they’re doing in the Republican states. Not just passing legislation that makes blue states distinct from Republican states in terms of policy and likely outcomes, this is the first time that I can remember when Democratic-controlled states feel the need to pass rafts of legislation basically just to protect themselves from red states and what they’re doing over there.”