Leave it to Republicans in Kentucky to find new ways to destroy the health of the people who voted for them. From Kentucky Lantern:

Kentucky lawmakers will try again in 2026 to let local water systems’ governing bodies decide whether or not to fluoridate their water. 

Rep. Mark Hart, R-Falmouth, said the bill he will file in 2026 is nearly identical to ones from previous years. One change, though, ensures water districts cannot be sued for their decision to either add or not add fluoride to the water. 

“Water districts will be immune from any type of civil litigation regardless of which direction they go, whether they keep fluoride in the water or take it out,” Hart said.

Several lawmakers also floated the idea of a statewide ban on fluoride in drinking water. 

Dental and health advocacy organizations sent a letter to the committee stressing the importance of water fluoridation for oral health. 

“Maintaining comprehensive community water fluoridation programs promotes a healthy, more engaged workforce,” the letter said. “A higher prevalence of dental problems impacts Kentuckians’ ability to work and learn, with employees missing more work to address their own dental treatment needs, or to support their children’s needs, as kids are nearly three times more likely to miss school when they have poor oral health. Jeopardizing water fluoridation programs will lead to increased healthcare costs and disparities in oral health outcomes, particularly among low-income and underserved populations.” 

I will never understand the idiocy of MAGAts. Let’s explain the relationship between science and health to these morons:

But since a Black guy is saying it to a Brown guy, I’m sure racist Republican MAGAts will ignore them and defend the moronodonitude (yep, I made that word up to convey the GOP’s staggering idiocy) of the Orange Menace’s heroin-addicted, brain-worm damaged, whale beheading, dead bear kidnapping rapist secretary of health.

And a reminder: In the last presidential election, 64 percent of Kentucky voters, an overwhelming figure, decided that a corrupt, rapist, pedophile felon was a better choice than a person who put corrupt, rapist, pedophile felons in jail. The result is a brain-damaged political party that won’t be satisfied until all of its supporters are dead.