As a general rule, I don’t agree with Republican lawmakers, since they’re generally wrong. But after looking into one of their main issues, I have to agree with them: Our elections are being rigged.
Anyone who takes an honest look can see that the electoral process all across the country is being stolen in broad daylight — by Republican lawmakers. In state after state, GOP governors and legislators are on a rampage to rig the system so you can’t vote. By “you” I mean African Americans, Latinx voters, Asian Americans, indigenous peoples and practically all other nonwhite citizens. And seniors, union members, poor people, students, immigrant families and others with a tendency to vote for Democrats. By fraudulently shouting that “you people” are engaged in massive, orchestrated campaigns to vote illegally, GOP officials insist that they must steal your democratic right to vote in order to protect the “sanctity” of the vote!
Bizarrely, they are actually confessing their own embarrassing weakness and political ineptitude. In short, they are practically shouting, “We can’t win!” Their lineup of squirrelly, increasingly kooky candidates — and their anti-people, corporate-serving agenda — have no ability to draw majority support. So, their only hope to be elected is to jerry-rig America’s democratic process with a slew of barriers, locks, red tape, bans and other gimmicks and shut millions of citizens out of their polling places. Continue reading.