Eight years ago...
In 2016, the Michigan state House of Representatives:
Republicans: 63
Democrats: 47
In 2016, the Michigan state Senate:
Republicans: 27
Democrats: 11
In 2022, the Michigan state House of Representatives:
Republicans: 54
Democrats: 56
In 2022, the Michigan state Senate:
Republicans: 18
Democrats: 20
https://ballotpedia.org/Michigan_State_Legislature
*The Michigan legislature was dominated by RINOs and sqishy moderates.
It's not just Michigan, it's pretty much nation-wide.
The only takeaway should be(from the rank and file)...stop relying on politicians to right the wrongs. Politics is not the answer, never has been, never will be (for conservatives/patriots).
If we believe in the principles of a Republic...it's not suppose to be.
The opposition to EVERYTHING we believe in...will go to ANY length to defeat us, inside or outside of politics. The "destroy from within" strategy is rampant and is being very successful.
The rank and file conservative has been lethargic, providing little push-back... while the deep state intelligentsia has run roughshod over them, taking over finance, media, education, legal apparatuses, etc..
Jan 6 showed some fight...but we now know how OUR push-back will be treated...those political prisoners are rotting in jail, and more are being tracked down to be incarcerated. Their leader being persecuted/prosecuted to the full extend of "Deep State" law, which seems to have overtaken Constitutional law.
The rank and file democrat feels like they're winning the day, with a "throw the baby out(sometimes literally) with the bath water" mindset that has been brain-fornicated into them as "winning".
The faithful will tell you, this is meant to be(chaos/evil)
Others will tell you this is cyclical...the tide will turn.
People who fall for the "it can't happen here"...are naive.
It can, and it IS.
(3-2-1..until some rah rah says..."oh, boo-hoo...all is well"...so said many a cancer patient, who ignored the signs/held off on treatment...until it was too late)