'Democracy Dies...as Wisconsin GOP Rams Through 'Lame Duck Legislative Coup'

[workinclasszero]

'Democracy Dies...in the Early Morning Light' as Wisconsin GOP Rams Through 'Lame Duck Legislative Coup'

"Scott Walker may be on the way out of office for the first time in a quarter century, but his corrosive brand of politics lives on in his fellow Republicans."

Published on Wednesday, December 05, 2018 by Jake Johnson, staff writer

After hours of debate and secret negotiations that dragged on into the early hours of the morning amid a backdrop of mass protests, Wisconsin's Senate on Wednesday approved a Republican plan to strip power from Democratic governor-elect Tony Evers and transfer major authority over the state's legal affairs from the incoming Democratic attorney general to the GOP-dominated legislature.

"Democracy dies in darkness... or perhaps in the early morning light," wrote The Nation's John Nichols, a Wisconsin native, after the measure passed the state Senate and headed toward an Assembly vote, the final hurdle before the legislation reaches outgoing Republican Gov. Scott Walker's desk. The plan is expected to easily sail through the Assembly as early as Wednesday morning, and Walker has said he will sign it.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/05/democracy-diesin-early-morning-light-wisconsin-gop-rams-through-lame-duck

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Wisconsin Republican voters need to be polled about

how they feel about these actions.

[elleng]

2. Why poll Wisc repug voters, pretty clear they've 'enjoyed' recent repug dictatorship.

[workinclasszero]

3. They were 'polled' in the midterm election

They rejected toxic anti American republican traitors and elected democrats.

However the GOP is going full fascist now and don't give a rats ass about what the voters want at all!