One thing about Wyoming’s conservative politics is everything bad is the fault of the Democrats. Look at statements made by U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., over the years and anyone can see this in action -- even when his party is in the majority in Congress.

It isn’t very surprising to see Mark Gordon picking up ideas out of that playbook when he joined Wyoming’s delegation in Washington, D.C., in slamming the Biden Administration in leaving Wyoming communities out of the “Build Back Better Regional Challenge,” a $1 billion program aiming to help regionally-scaled plans to move...