Not just in North Carolina: Republican lawmakers across the country rebel against democracy

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Not just in North Carolina: Republican lawmakers across the country rebel against democracy

North Carolina's sleazy 9/11 veto override is just the tip of the iceberg: Republicans don't respect democracy

SOPHIA TESFAYE at Salon

https://www.salon.com/2019/09/13/not-just-in-north-carolina-republican-lawmakers-across-the-country-rebel-against-democracy/

"SNIP....

"Our goal is to inflict pain. It is not enough to win. It has to be a painful, devastating defeat. Like when the king would take his opponent's head and spike it on a pole for everyone to see,” Norquist infamously said in the National Review. Except for the shock election of Donald Trump to the presidency, however, Republicans haven’t had the best record of winning of late. Based on their behavior while losing, it seems that the revised Republican goal goes beyond pain to utter destruction. 

Take for instance the extreme and ridiculous proposal by a Texas Republican state lawmaker to abolish the state capital of Austin. Apparently upset that the progressive city approved $150,000 in grants to organizations like Planned Parenthood, GOP state Rep. Briscoe Cain called for direct retaliation against the city of more than 950,000 people, saying the Republican-controlled state legislature should get “supreme authority over mayor and council.” 

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✔@BriscoeCain

It’s past time that the #txlege abolish the City of Austin and make it a capital district like that of D.C. (residents retain state lege districts; Lege gets supreme authority over mayor and council)

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Texas Tribune

✔@TexasTribune

Texas told cities they couldn’t fund abortion providers. So Austin is funding abortion access instead.

Now, Austin is the first city in the nation to approve public funding to help women better access abortion.

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Briscoe’s nonsensical proposal came on the same day that Republicans in North Carolina lied to their Democratic colleagues to kill a state budget proposal expanding Medicaid coverage to low-income patients. While at least one Democratic lawmaker was distracted by a 9/11 memorial service, House Republicans rushed to override a veto by Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, thereby denying increased health insurance access to thousands of people.



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[FoxNewsSucks]

1. Sounds typical

coming from Briscoe Cain, the same asshole who threatened Beto O'Rourke.

[RKP5637]

2. The republican party has become extremely ugly. Most decent republicans IMO have left and

what is left behind is a bunch of outrageous jerks, sociopaths and religious freaks ... and a host of other characters. They could care less about a democracy, as long as they were in charge and made money ... and control freaks. Years ago, one could respect the GOP, but today it's a far cry from what it once was.

[Newest Reality]

3. Yes...

They have a master plan, all ALEC aside, as per Robert Reich's outline.

It is going to be dirty dealing, go for the throat and no holds barred. You name it, they will try to do it and they will be pulling out the stops, you can count on that. This is disaster Republicanism now and with 2020 at stake, we have a big, big problem Houston.

[CrispyQ]

4. They're only in favor of representative government as long as (mostly) rich white men call the shots

Once the uppity women, people of color, and gays started demanding equality & equity in the system, they started lying, cheating and stealing, because you can't win on policy when you want the whole pie for just you and your friends.

[NewDayOranges]

5. The Dems in the Virginia legislature were under

Constant threat of just these types of shenanigans by the Republican majority from '02 to '06 if I remember correctly...

It got to the point where all Dems were afraid to miss ANY sessions!

[moondust]

6. Emboldened by their lawless (mis)leader.

Lots of assholes seem to be following the lawless example of Dump who has gotten away with lots of corruption and shown everybody how fragile democracy can be. "If he can do it why not us?" ask a host of other corrupt assholes possibly even including Boris Johnson in the U.K.

Another hazard of Trumpism.

[abqtommy]

7. I take exception to the phrase "the shock election of Donald Trump to the presidency"

in the op. tRUMP was NOT ELECTED. The process was CORRUPT and don't anybody forget it!