MOGOP praises General Assembly for overriding Nixon veto

JEFFERSON CITY — David Cole, Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party, released the following statement praising the General Assembly’s override of Jay Nixon’s veto of SB 749:

“For only the 8^th time in more than 130 years—and the 2^nd time in Jay Nixon’s term—Missouri’s lawmakers have overridden a gubernatorial veto. This rare and historic vote is a bipartisan rebuke of Jay Nixon, who sided with Barack Obama in an attempt to force Missouri employers into violating their religious beliefs.  Our Republican-led legislature should be commended for standing up against Obamacare and for religious liberty—something Jay Nixon should have done, but didn’t.”