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"Precisely because this GOP opposition is a foregone conclusion, Republicans are too rarely asked by reporters to justify it. This in turn causes that opposition to become accepted as a natural, unalterable ... condition of political life"
~@ThePlumLineGS
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"[GOP] opposition fades into the background as a factor in what’s happening. It faces less serious scrutiny, and the story that’s foregrounded is that Democratic infighting is the only reason for congressional inaction."

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"The current Democratic package is called the Freedom to Vote Act. This proposal has a lot of individual provisions in it.

But how often does media coverage dissect why Republicans oppose each provision?"

#GOPObstruction

"And at any rate, all GOP objections could be the subject of negotiation if they would only engage and negotiate."

#GOPObstruction

"But that aside, shouldn’t the bulk of questioning be directed at Republican senators to determine why they won’t support doing reform at all?"

#journalism
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"Republicans are rarely asked to explain their opposition to even this no-brainer of a reform."

#journalism
#GOPObstruction
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"the main story they’ll hear is that some vague set of disagreements among Democrats is why nothing is happening.

As for the role of GOP opposition in producing this state of affairs, well, they might never hear much about it at all."

#journalism
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