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Maven

(10,533 posts)
10. The entire party is an enemy of democracy.
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 07:51 PM
Sep 2020

They believe that they are entitled to force the views of the white ultraconservative minority on the diverse majority. By colluding with foreign powers if necessary. They rewrite the rules as they go. Whatever serves their interests today. The end justifies any means. Through the antimajoritarian Senate and Electoral College, and through their gerrymandering of state legislatures, they have achieved minority rule and now they are trying to cement it in place. They have no interest in sharing power with us, ever again.

We must recognize this and reckon with it. And we must elect and appoint party leaders who recognize this and are willing to break norms and reshape institutions that keep us from exercising power.

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