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Kablooie

(18,572 posts)
Thu May 11, 2017, 01:21 PM May 2017

Think Republicans are killing themselves for the 2018 election? Think again.

Now that Republicans hold total power over the government do you think honest and fair election laws will remain? Soon they will focus on “fixing” the electoral system and in doing so redesign Federal laws so that Republicans can retain total control in perpetuity.

Some evidence for this are:

For decades Republicans have made concerted efforts to rig elections in order to win. Why would they stop now when they hold the reins of power? There have been several proposals in the past that were not implemented because of Democratic opposition. That opposition is impotent today.

Many of their policy proposals are unpopular with the public which would hit them hard in a fair election but they continue to support them openly.

And the most damning evidence is their continuing support of Trump in the face of overwhelming criminal, treasonous evidence. This can only mean that they are confident that no matter what stances they take, unpopular or criminal, they won’t be voted out of office so their best option is not to rock the boat.

The new laws can be contested in court but with Trump choosing many new Republican friendly judges and possibly even more Supreme Court judges the justice system will be systematically stacked against Democratic values.

People laugh at how the Republican’s current postures will kill them in 2018.
Well, someone had better stop laughing and start taking this crap seriously.

We are in actual danger of losing our democracy unless someone figures out a way to fight back.

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Think Republicans are killing themselves for the 2018 election? Think again. (Original Post) Kablooie May 2017 OP
Gerrymandering and vote surpression has severly put Repugs and will them there riversedge May 2017 #1
We need just one good election where we turn out en mass. world wide wally May 2017 #2
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