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Republican State Legislatures Are Winning Their War On American Democracy (media says with gritted teeth)
Globaltimesng.com ^ | 6/6/21 | Ayoola Olumide

Posted on 06/07/2021 3:14:02 AM PDT by cotton1706

Texas Democrats scored a stunning victory in the nationwide legislative battle over voting rights last weekend when they walked out en masse to prevent state House Republicans from passing yet another sweeping package of voting restrictions.

But even that episode underscored a reality facing voting rights groups and their Democratic allies: Right now, Republican state legislatures are broadly winning their war against voting access and American democracy. And stopping them is going to take far more drastic action than many Democrats — especially Democrats in Washington — have been willing to consider.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; ayoolaolumide; china; elections; mediawingofthednc; nigeria; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; texas
Their usual intimidation tactics failed.

And "Democracy" is not in danger of we move back toward all voting on the same day, in person, as we had for over 200 years.

It'll now be harder for Democrat cities to rig election on statewide races.

1 posted on 06/07/2021 3:14:02 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

“American Democracy” is fast turning into a monstrosity like the Bolshevik faction in the early days following the overthrow of the Czar of Imperial Russia, before the Soviets had fully gelled and consolidated their claim to “legitimacy”.

The Soviet Union was never fully legitimate, but held on by sheer audacity and force of arms turned upon their own people for decades. Until they tried to “reform” and collapsed utterly. The reality of economics finally overtook them, as they went broke, trying to outspend the West in “defense”.


2 posted on 06/07/2021 3:26:18 AM PDT by alloysteel ( Cows don't give milk. You have to work for it.)
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To: All

Unlimited illegal immigration is a bigger attack on democracy than asking someone to show a photo ID.


3 posted on 06/07/2021 3:32:11 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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To: cotton1706

Only a racist would think a black or brown citizen is not as capable as a white citizen in obtaining a free photo ID.


4 posted on 06/07/2021 3:34:02 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: cotton1706
...when they walked out en masse..

Texas Flees.

5 posted on 06/07/2021 3:42:16 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: cotton1706

Texas Rats scored zero victories last weekend. They either show up so the voting protection bill can pass or they grind the legislature to a halt and the voters will understand why. If it was so easy to stop something by simply not showing up for work, even the Stupid Party would have killed Obamacare in the last 12 years.


6 posted on 06/07/2021 3:45:59 AM PDT by No_Mas_Obama
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cotton1706 wrote: “Their usual intimidation tactics failed.”

The Texas Dems tried this stunt about 10 or 20 years ago to stop a redistricting. They took up residency in the Holiday Inn in Ardmore Oklahoma. I remember seeing interviews of them done outside the Hamburger Inn (great place). The walkout came to an end when the Governor of Texas dispatched the Texas National Guard to arrest them and the Governor of Oklahoma said he would not interfer.


7 posted on 06/07/2021 4:11:37 AM PDT by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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I remember that.


8 posted on 06/07/2021 4:26:49 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

It is obvious. If they can’t cheat on a massive scale, Democrats cannot win elections. This is the source of their desperation to stop common sense reforms.


9 posted on 06/07/2021 4:55:40 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: cotton1706

Ayoola Olumide!


10 posted on 06/07/2021 5:23:25 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: cotton1706

Memo from the MSM — when we want to push something, always attach the word “rights” to it. Abortion “rights,” voting “rights.” Who can possibly oppose “rights?”


11 posted on 06/07/2021 5:50:30 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: Gnome1949

Instead of the report stating that Republicans tried to pass more “voting restrictions” why don’t they explain what was meant by “restrictions”.......voting once per person?..showing ID?....voting while still alive? These are restrictions? The Democrats need to be called out on every bit of this. If a person is to vote in completely anonymous fashion, then they should not be allowed to vote. Otherwise, there is no control over it at all.


12 posted on 06/07/2021 6:23:45 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: cotton1706

Actually their headline is right. We are winning the war against “democracy” or “mobocracy” and are winning FOR a constitutional Republic, which is what we are.

Stupidly, these slobgobblers stumbled into the accurate wording.


13 posted on 06/07/2021 8:46:05 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: cotton1706

Translated into English, this means, “They are trying to stop us from stealing elections!”


14 posted on 06/07/2021 10:25:07 AM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: cotton1706

The “Global Times” is a Chinese Communist Party publication.

The “Global Times Nigeria” seems to be pretty pro-CCP.

And Nigeria is pretty close to the CCP.

Here’s an example:

https://globaltimesng.com/2021/06/06/nigeria-meets-with-china-to-build-nigerian-internet-firewall/


15 posted on 06/07/2021 12:10:57 PM PDT by Faith Presses On (Willing to die for Christ, if it's His will--politics should prepare people for the Gospel)
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