Conditionals with variables Not working as expected

Hi all. Im currently working with conditionals and variables. Im trying to set an interaction where if i click a popover option, the state of a button (which is tied to the variable state) will change. I can get this initial change to occur, but if i add a conditional after the expression that would further change the state, the expression breaks and i cannot get the conditional to run. Anyone know why this is occuring?