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applegrove

(118,870 posts)
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 07:42 PM Dec 2018

The Republican Attack on Democracy

The Republican Attack on Democracy

December 6, 2018 at 12:11 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 142 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2018/12/06/the-republican-attack-on-democracy/

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Zack Beauchamp: “These power grabs highlight one of the most disturbing facts about American politics today: The Republican Party has become institutionally indifferent to the health of democracy. It prioritizes power over principle to such an extreme degree that it undermines the most basic functioning of democracy.”

“In the long run, the GOP’s turn against democracy could well be a greater threat to the American experiment than anything President Trump has done.”

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The Republican Attack on Democracy (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2018 OP
What happened in Wisconsin has moral implications for democracy. elleng Dec 2018 #1
Some of us have openly said for a long time all republicans Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #2

Eliot Rosewater

(31,131 posts)
2. Some of us have openly said for a long time all republicans
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 07:55 PM
Dec 2018

(if they dont want to be included in this they must change parties) are guilty of EVERYTHING any republican does as a matter of agenda.

You cant keep voting for a party that exercises racism if you are not also guilty of racism.

You cant keep voting for a party that exercises attacks on democracy if you are not also guilty of being anti democracy.


The list goes on and on. Republicanism is a disease.

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