The road to fascism is paved with people telling you not to overreact

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19. The Republican Party has been telling us their intentions since 2010.

Their plan, publicly outlined by Karl Rove, was to focus on local and state elections to gain the majority to gerrymander their states after the 2010 census, which they successfully did. They have been moving toward permanent, one-party rule ever since. Trump was actually something of a fly in the ointment because too many voters saw him as corrupt and ineffective, but it was mostly just Trump who lost because Republican won a lot of down-ballot races.

Gerrymandering is now not enough for them. They’re setting the stage for outright overturning of elections to ensure their wins. We are headed toward authoritarian rule by Republicans, and nothing much is being done about it. Too many Democrats in Congress are just pooh-poohing the idea that Republicans could overturn an election and doing nothing. We live in crazy times.