Let us move on to New Hampshire where onetime moderate Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte—Hey, it's New Hampshire, you take what you can get—has franchised Elon Musk's Destructo Palace for her state.

Republican governors and state lawmakers are rushing to explicitly align themselves with or mimic some of the most prominent actions President Donald Trump has taken since he was sworn in.

Several states have announced their own Department of Government Efficiency efforts similar to what billionaire Elon Musk is ...