State Republicans have gone from opposing Democrats to opposing democracy
Across the country, from Tennessee to Montana, Republican-controlled state legislatures are quietly and effectively eroding democracy on a near-daily basis. Amassing outsized power is enabling them to push a radical agenda, including expelling and silencing elected leaders, banning abortion, loosening gun laws, targeting trans families and banning books.
Too many Republican-controlled legislatures have gone from opposing Democrats to opposing democracy itself.
This didnt happen overnight. Years of investment and aggressive gerrymandering have led to veto-proof Republican supermajorities in 20 state legislatures, while Democrats hold supermajorities in just nine. Moreover, Republicans hold trifectas governorship and both state houses in 22 states and control 58 out of 99 State legislative chambers across the country.
In at least four states Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Wisconsin Republicans are also profoundly overrepresented in state governments relative to the voter party affiliation. This outsized, unrepresentative power has huge implications for two of the most urgent issues facing the country today: gun control and abortion access both life and death issues where Americans are largely united.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/state-republicans-have-gone-from-opposing-democrats-to-opposing-democracy/ar-AA1aANm3
Chainfire
(17,656 posts)CousinIT
(9,261 posts)"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy." - David Frum
Skittles
(153,211 posts)they have opposed democracy for quite some time now
GWB - Its just a damn piece of paper!
I know it was never proven he actually said that, but, his actions were louder than words.