The Big Lie is a Pillar of the State

[Nevilledog]

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Marc E. Elias
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"If Democrats do not make preventing the Big Lie from becoming a pillar of the state a top priority, we will lose not only elections but our democracy."

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The Big Lie is a Pillar of the State
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democracydocket.com
6:44 PM · May 14, 2021

https://www.democracydocket.com/2021/05/the-big-lie-is-a-pillar-of-the-state/


When history of this era is written, the struggle for democracy will be in the very first chapter. We know the chapter will begin with the Big Lie, but we do not yet know how it will end. This week gave us two clues for what we will encounter on the road ahead.

On Tuesday, Senate Republicans spent the day trying to block the passage of a federal law that would set minimum standards and protections for voting and protect voters from extreme partisan gerrymandering. Not a single Republican will dare support the bill. For all of the praise heaped on the likes of supposedly “moderate” Republicans such as Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski, there is no longer any place in the Republican Party for protecting voting rights.

On Wednesday, House Republicans voted to remove Liz Cheney from a leadership post because of her insistence that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. The Party has room for Republicans who are for free or fair trade, pro-business or anti-business, or even pro-tax or anti-tax. The only disqualification for membership in the Party of Lincoln is to acknowledge that Joe Biden’s election was legitimate.

Republican politicians have gotten the message. Over the last few weeks the Big Lie has started its dangerous transition from a fringe theory to official state policy and law. The Big Lie has become the justification for passing laws that make it harder, and in many cases, impossible for lawful American voters to vote. It has been used to justify a farcical “audit” in Arizona that includes searching for remnants of bamboo, as the “auditors” attempt to prove the most incredulous conspiracy theories peddled in the far-rightest fringes of the Internet.

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[kentuck]

1. And how do the Democrats do that?

Prevent it from becoming a pillar of the state?

[Nevilledog]

2. I'm all for taking Manchin and Sinema into a dark alley.

[spanone]

3. How true.

[FakeNoose]

4. K & R bookmarking

Thanks