SCOOP: In a pre-election video just uncovered by Mother Jones, Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is

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54. Thank you for your thoughtful response to my question.

You describe their belief system well. Like you, I don’t know how we go about changing minds and hearts of people who at their core do not believe in democracy, for it is democracy as it has evolved through our Constitutional Amendments and laws that lifts up the ideal of equality for all. These people seem to believe in democracy only for themselves, and they have no thought or concern for the notion of the common good.

I, too, fear that if nothing changes at some point Republicans will overturn a fair election—possibly in 2024—and we will then be faced with a true Constitutional crisis. I have thought many times that we would be better off as two countries, both still larger than many other countries, but the logistics of such a move seem impossible. My city of Austin is a good example of how complicated such a split would be. It is heavily Democratic in a mostly red state. The cities of Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio are likewise Democratic cities surrounded by rural Republican areas. The same is true in many other states, so there could be no easy split by geography. I know it is not a realistic solution, but I’m so tired of dealing with the right-wing violence, lies, conspiracies, Christian Nationalism, and nastiness that I just want them to go away and let us get on with running and living in a country where decency and the rule of law prevail.