GOP operatives are sending out clear signals about the next attack on democracy

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7. Rove and many Republican leaders are ruthless.

They have been working toward permanent one-party rule by Republicans for years. With the redistricting soon to take place, they’ll fix their gerrymandering and once again make it difficult for Democrats to gain control of the House. I expect Republicans to take the House majority in 2022 from newly gerrymandered districts because we have a small majority now.

This latest broadside from Rove signals a concerted effort in state Republican legislatures to once again change laws to make to even more difficult for people to vote and also to stack the state courts in their favor. The idea of allowing Republican legislatures to choose a state’s electors “in a different way” is rather scary since the different way Republicans would choose is to ignore the will of the voters.

The key to holding on to our democracy is through the state legislatures. I hope Jaime Harrison was serious about a 50-state plan, not just to win the presidency and Congress but also more state houses. We have less than two years to the 2022 election. It’s time to get to work.