Adding: It's not that they used it and didn't ask for permission that makes them bad. It's that they used it for bad corrosive things.
It's OK when you win elections to use your power without asking permission. The elections were the permission. That's what elections are.
It's OK when you win elections to use your power without asking permission. The elections were the permission. That's what elections are.
https://twitter.com/Atrios/status/1395108003460915207
The other thing that makes Republicans bad is that increasingly they don't *win* elections, they just damage the mechanism of election until the election no longer reflects the will of the people ... which is the quality of elections that makes the permission they bestow valid.
When Democrats are in power, increasingly it means an *overwhelming* victory, so much that it overcomes the anti-democracy mechanisms Republicans have put into place.
When Republicans achieve power, increasingly they do so despite, not because of, the will of the people.
When Republicans achieve power, increasingly they do so despite, not because of, the will of the people.
Republicans so object to the idea of permission deriving from the will of the people, they now oppose the validity of their opponents even following an overwhelming victory.
Not content with sabotaging democracy, they now work to destroy it entirely.
The America Fascist Party.
Not content with sabotaging democracy, they now work to destroy it entirely.
The America Fascist Party.
Democrats had better start governing like they have the mandate they actually have, and they'd better start treating Republicans like the energized and active enemies of democracy they've again and again proved themselves to be. There really isn't much time left.
I understand that people don't want a single party system. If that's your concern, you'd better hope the Republican Party is utterly destroyed.
If the Republican Party still exists in 10 years, we will have a single party system, and they'll be it. That's how fascism works.
If the Republican Party still exists in 10 years, we will have a single party system, and they'll be it. That's how fascism works.
In many states and municipalities we're already there. There is already a single-party system. The Republican Party in Wisconsin has sabotaged democracy to such an extent that a non-Republican legislature is effectively impossible. And Wisconsin is far from alone in this.
It's not the same as a "safe Democratic" state. "Safe Democratic" states are that way because Democrats get the most votes.
One-party Republican states stay Republican *whether or not* Republicans get the most votes.
They intend to do that nationally, and they're almost there.
One-party Republican states stay Republican *whether or not* Republicans get the most votes.
They intend to do that nationally, and they're almost there.
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