This post from Tom Sullivan summarizes a lot of what I've been thinking about the GOP's disdain for American democracy, with specific examples. Starting off with an OpEd by Joe Scarborough:
Sullivan focuses mostly on attempts at voter suppression in North Carolina, but it's something you're going to find to one degree or another in any state government dominated by Republicans.
And now they've got a federal government that will back them -- as soon as they finish packing the courts.
You're probably getting sick of reading my comments about how "conservatives" and their constituent elements -- evangelical "Christians," Wall Street oligarchs, neo-Nazis, etc. -- don't like the American system. Well, it's true.
Since 2017, Republicans have put party ahead of country to protect a "buffoon," Scarborough scolds. Gary Trudeau more graphically suggests a spineless GOP is well on its way towards putting its collective head where the sun never shines.
But the truth of it is the GOP has simply made a foreign adversary an ally in its own attacks on democracy. The headlines may hail from Washington, D.C., but the fighting is out in the provinces. The Post's Editorial Board rolls out the map to highlight the battle in North Carolina "where African Americans’ voting rights have been under siege."
Sullivan focuses mostly on attempts at voter suppression in North Carolina, but it's something you're going to find to one degree or another in any state government dominated by Republicans.
And now they've got a federal government that will back them -- as soon as they finish packing the courts.
You're probably getting sick of reading my comments about how "conservatives" and their constituent elements -- evangelical "Christians," Wall Street oligarchs, neo-Nazis, etc. -- don't like the American system. Well, it's true.
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