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Jan 23 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Over and over I'm told I'm overreacting to Jan 6th and the actions by the GOP since. How can we get through to people that the White House staffed a plan to use the military to seize voting machines in support of a coup? That's never happened before here. What happens next time?
At what point do you say these crimes need to be punished and recognize that the rush to pass laws at the state level to "secure" elections is laser focused on rolling back our rights and giving the Republicans the ability to turn over the election "legally" next time?
I'm horrified seeing groups like No Labels just ignore a coordinated conspiracy to take power through manipulation of our democratic processes just like Hitler and Mussolini did! They can literally toss out election results they don't like in many states over "irregularities."
Stop pretending this can't happen here. Why is ALEC and Heritage Foundation writing all of these laws across the country? Why are multiple GOP governors and legislatures passing them so fast? The democracy is in danger and it starts with punishing those who started a coup.

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