Posted on 06/02/2021 5:18:48 AM PDT by Rennes Templar
(CNN) American democracy -- under a relentless, multi-front assault from pro-Donald Trump Republicans -- is about to show whether it is strong enough to save itself.
Such a premise would have been considered absurd through much of history. But since Trump left office after destroying the tradition of peaceful transfers of power in a failed attempt to steal the 2020 election, it has become clear that his insurrectionism was only the first battle in a longer political war as his allies tout ridiculous fantasies about returning him to power to applause and online acclaim.
The mechanisms of American institutions that barely survived Trump's attempt to illegally stay in power are still being manipulated by Republicans to make the country less democratic. The GOP's efforts to stack the electoral decks are staggeringly broad. From Georgia to Arizona and Florida and in many other states, Republicans are mobilizing behind efforts to shorten voting hours, crack down on early and mail-in balloting and to throw out legitimate ballots -- all under a banner of election security.
While Trump may be banned from Twitter, he sends out daily statements pulsating with lies and incitement that percolate among supporters on social media. The ex-President's planned resumption of rallies next month will bring that anti-democratic stream of falsehood to a wider audience.
And in the US Senate, Republicans will use filibuster rules -- which critics see as the antithesis of democracy -- to thwart Democratic legislation that seeks to combat all those efforts.
President Joe Biden, who is in the White House because American democratic guardrails stood firm after his victory last November, raised the alarm on Tuesday after another bout of the GOP flexing its anti-democratic muscles. Just as Republicans are using the institutions to damage democracy, Biden and Democrats are targeting new laws.
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Aren’t the Democrats still counting hanging chads in Dade County, Florida?
Isn’t Democracy about having leaders the populace support? So if Trump isn’t supported by the establishment, but half the country supports him, that’s anti-Democracy? Can these “journalists” get any dumber?
If you can seriously pay attention to CNN for more than 60 seconds for other than doing research, you are likely that very troubled person.
America is collapsing and they're deliberately covering it up. Right is wrong. Black is white. Up is down. And 50% of Americans are too stupid to realize it.
IF this coup and insurrection of 11/03 is NOT resolved ...it is license henceforth for ANYONE to steal an American election...and lets them know that it will be permitted as long as they spread the lootings around sufficiently
CNN needs to take civics101 to find out we’re not a democracy.
We’re not a democracy. We were a Republic. We are now an oligarchy.
The Governor of Texas should declare the seat of every representative that failed to show abandoned.
The office staffs should be evicted and all payments to the office stopped.
The office should be declared vacated and new elections called in 6 months
Meantime, those legislators showing up will carry out the state’s business and vote
“But since Trump left office after destroying the tradition of peaceful transfers of power in a failed attempt to steal the 2020 election.”
Propaganda at its finest. Goebbels would be proud of these nimrods at CNN.
Trying to fight with words is a losing proposition. As a matter of reality, the cause is already forever lost.
There must be actual fighting and actual destruction of the domestic enemies
Bizarro world.
Spouting lies and dressing them up as the truth.
So much projection, hate and stupidity in 1 article. Amazing!!!
The Left’s “democracy” = communism.
Stacy Abrams insists that she is the actual governor of Georgia. It was she who said that the Media-Dem Party doesn’t not to ever concede an election.
Wasn’t it the Media-Dem Party that abolished the peaceful transfer of power in 2016, and spent 4 years doing everything in their power to overturn the results of that election?
Wasn’t it the Media-Dem Party that used unconstitutional means to changing voting laws in states across the country and to loosen or do away with election security altogether in 2020?
I’m surprised the headline didn’t say “Trump’s GOP tries to take down US democracy and Kill Puppies!”
As my father (who had a big vocabulary) would have so eloquently said, ‘horse shit
I don't give rosy rats rear end about the democrats democracy.. And what happened with the 2020 presidential election was ANYTHING but democracy..!
Wow...this guy must be auditioning for something...what an ignorant, demented idiot
There, fixed it for truthfulness.
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