Today in History: Kinder's Lawsuit Misadventure Begins

Peter Kinder doesn't talk about it much these days, but one year ago today, he stood on the steps of the Missouri Capitol and declared that he would be joining the lawsuit with Florida's now-unemployed Attorney General against the Affordable Care Act.  Demonstrating an incredible ignorance of state laws and the powers of his own part-time office, Kinder falsely claimed that he had the power to sue on behalf of the state.   And demonstrating an incredible disregard for facts, Kinder lied about the costs of the ACA to Missouri, and lied about how he'd been called out publicly for his campaign of misinformation.

As you can see in this video of the press conference, Kinder was so confident in his positions that he immediately ran away from reporters after delivering his statement -- only to be cornered in an elevator in the scramble back to his office for an interview with Fox News.

Since then, of course, Kinder has created a shell corporation for him to funnel and hide donations to pay for his private counsel in a completely separate, error-filled lawsuit that is still before a federal judge.