HANNIBAL, Mo. – Secretary of State Jason Kander rallied Democrats Saturday evening, urging Republican House Speaker Tim Jones to apply the same doctrine he has to policies like “right-to-work” to policies supported by Democrats.

During his December “Speaker’s Tour,” Jones told reporters, “when half the country is doing something, you owe it to the citizens and the taxpayers of your state to at least have the debate and have the topic under consideration and allow the elected representatives to vote on that key issue.”

Kander, speaking at the annual Democrat Days Dinner, said that using Jones’s “half the states” doctrine as applied to right-to-work – a controversial policy that aims to restrict union activity in the states – Republicans should also consider additional policies being pushed by more than half the states.

“Well over half the states in this country have early voting,” Kander said. And on ethics reform and campaign finance restricting laws, “what does the Jones doctrine say when you do something that 98 recent of the country is doing something you’re not.”

Kander also applied the doctrine to Medicaid expansion.

“Not liking the president or begin afraid to lose the primary is a morally bankrupt argument,” he said. “Like Tim Jones said, if half the country is doing something, you ought to have a vote on that.”

Kander said “Jones believes he can treat the House of Representatives like an all you can eat tea party buffet” and wanted to present a “reality check.”

Kander has said he will seek reelection in 2016. Jones is mulling his own statewide bid that year, but the two have had discussions in the past where they pledged not to challenge each another.