{"id":6483,"date":"2026-07-15T07:30:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6483"},"modified":"2026-07-15T07:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:30:50","slug":"laura-ingraham-in-disbelief-at-list-of-10-worst-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6483","title":{"rendered":"Laura Ingraham in Disbelief at List of &#8217;10 Worst States&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>Fox News host <strong>Laura Ingraham<\/strong> expressed disbelief and skepticism at a report that claims the 10 worst states to live in all happened to vote for President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday\u2019s edition of<em> The Ingraham Angle<\/em>, the host pointed to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/chiefexecutive.net\/best-worst-states-for-business-2026-inside-the-rankings\/\">survey<\/a> that asked CEOs which states are the most business-friendly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix hundred fifty CEOs were polled, and they rated the best states in which to do business,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/laura-ingraham\/\">Ingraham<\/a> said. \u201cThe top 10, including Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, are Republican. They are run by Republicans, except Virginia, which is at number 10, and North Carolina, kind of a purple state, at number five. So, money and people, resources, are pouring into red states. How do the socialists brush this off? Well, they do so either by ignoring it or distorting the data, or [with] a little help from their friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned \u201cfriends\u201d apparently include CNBC, the famously pro-business news organization.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, CNBC released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/07\/11\/worst-states-to-live-in-america-2026.html\">report<\/a> titled, \u201cThese are America\u2019s 10 worst states to live in for 2026.\u201d Among the factors considered in assessing states\u2019 quality of life were crime rates, air quality, healthcare, worker rights, and civil rights.<\/p>\n<p>The 10 states rounding out the bottom were Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Missouri, Utah, Georgia, Louisiana, Indiana, Texas, and Tennessee. With the exception of Georgia in 2020, all 10 states voted for Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis CNBC report just came out,\u201d Ingraham continued. \u201cThey listed the 10 worst states to live in for 2026. <em>All<\/em> the states on this list, ok, Trump won. Every state except Georgia in 2020. And the list included four of the top 10 states for business. How does that make any sense?! They have kind of a weird calculus there, but this is obviously a blatant effort to denigrate more conservative states. 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