Kentucky is my home and I have never thought of it as anything but wonderful, but recently, it also scares me. In the 2015 gubernatorial election Matt Bevin, who until 2012 was president of Bevin Brothers Manufacturing Company in Connecticut, came out ahead. Normally, we hear a lot of promises during campaigns that never amount to anything: "I'm going to create more jobs," "I'm going to lower taxes," "I'm going to build a giant wall around the United States." Bevin, however, began to follow through on his promises to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, cut programs that affected millions of Kentuckians and close down Planned Parenthood facilities across the state. At the RNC, Bevin compared himself to Donald Trump, saying they were both outsider businessmen who wanted to shake things up.

In less than a year, Matt Bevin has transformed this beautiful state into something almost unrecognizable. Since Bevin took office, he has dismantled the health care system, blocked plans to raise the minimum wage, cut elementary, secondary and higher education budgets, and attempted to dismantle and dissolve a number of state boards and agencies. He also authorized a $18 million tax break for the construction of the faith-based creationist museum. Bevin has shown a complete disregard to policy and legislative processes. Kentucky has a clear process by which these changes could have been implemented, however, Bevin chose to do things differently. He waited until the Legislature was out of session and began issuing executive orders.

A year ago, Kentucky was nationally recognized for KYnect, our implementations of the Healthcare Reform Act. One of Bevin's first acts as governor was to work on dissolving KYnect. For some reason, this surprised the people who voted for him -- many of whom were reliant of KYnect for their healthcare. Additionally, one of Bevin's main platforms and first acts of governor was to pass legislation to allow Kentucky County Clerks the flexibility to decide when and for whom they would completely fulfill the responsibilities of their elected offices. This allows people like Kim Davis to not sign marriage licenses for same sex couples due to her personal beliefs. By this same logic, a vegetarian working at McDonalds can refuse to sell Big Macs. In the first quarter of his term, Bevin has seven active lawsuits against him due to the illegal and destructive nature of his executive orders. He is ranked as the fourth worst governor in the U.S.

Like Trump, many of Bevin's campaign promises have been unlawful under the Kentucky constitution. Using executive orders he has done things like fire the Board at University of Louisville and replace it with an all new board, hand picked by himself. He has ordered the Kentucky Retirement Systems, Teachers Retirement and Legislative and Judicial Retirement all come together, which would compromise the independence and integrity of all agencies. When met with legal challenges to his executive orders, Bevin has used Kentucky State Police as his own personal enforcement squad. Bevin claims that he has "absolute authority" over any state funded boards and has shown either a complete disregard for or lack of knowledge of the procedures and regulations of these boards.

Like Bevin, Trump has been very clear during his campaign that he intends to get things done. One only needs to look to his Twitter to see his thoughts on any and everything concerning him (and Hillary Clinton's cell phone.) Bevin has shown us that regardless of the legality of a leader's actions, they're difficult to stop. As a result of Bevin's orders, there are seven active lawsuits against him. However, while waiting for rulings, Bevin's orders are being implemented to an irreversible point. In Kentucky's case, we are losing jobs, health care, educations and a sense of trust in our government. Now, forget about nuclear codes for a second and imagine what would happen if Donald Trump was given the power of executive order. Imagine what would happen to immigrants, refugees and minorities living in the United States. Think about his racist, sexist and homophobic remarks and imagine what would happen if his ideas could be made into laws.

When this campaign started, it was like watching an extended "Saturday Night Live" skit. Four and eight years ago, I was excited by election season. Obama thrilled me and made me wish I could vote for him. While Bernie Sander's campaign showed promise, it was over far to quickly. Now, I am genuinely scared for what the next four years may bring. Donald Trump is a dangerous combination of unexperienced, temperamental and entitled. My plea to my peers is to ignore your parents and your party and vote for safety and experience in November.