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Senator Eric Schmitt unloaded on the Democratic Party during an appearance on Hannity, calling its current leadership “post-American” and warning that its policies are abandoning the West’s founding principles. He framed the argument around a concrete example — New York’s new moratorium on large data centers — and warned that this kind of anti-growth, anti-technology posture hands the future to our adversaries.
New York’s governor signed an executive order this week pausing approvals for hyperscale data centers for up to a year while the state writes new rules to limit their energy and water use, making New York the first state to impose such a moratorium. The move has rattled the tech and energy sectors and already has critics saying it will push investment, jobs, and tax revenue out of the state and into friendlier jurisdictions.
Schmitt made the national security argument bluntly: in a world where China is racing to dominate AI and cloud infrastructure, American timidity on data centers is not merely environmental posturing, it’s strategic surrender. Conservatives who understand competition and deterrence know you don’t win these races by kneecapping your own industrial base or letting activists dictate energy policy.
Public opinion is split, and not always along predictable lines — surveys show Democrats tend to view data centers more negatively than Republicans, and support for projects drops sharply when residents are asked about construction in their own communities. That divide makes liberal-led moratoria politically convenient for Democrats courting environmental activists, but disastrous for long-term American competitiveness.
The result of this left-wing reflex can already be seen: states and companies facing punitive regulation will send investment elsewhere, strengthening foreign competitors and hollowing out domestic innovation. Conservatives should be plain‑spoken about the stakes — energy-intensive infrastructure that powers AI and cloud services is central to 21st-century prosperity, and surrendering that ground is unacceptable.
This fight is about more than data centers; it’s about whether America will remain first in the technologies that determine power, wealth, and liberty. Patriots and policymakers must push back against the post‑American impulses of the modern left, defend American industry, and ensure that our country and allies, not Beijing, control the foundations of the digital age.
