There is a link below to an article written by Jill Filipovic, which is the best article I have read concerning the metamorphosis of the Republican Party under Trump’s tenure. Republicans are trying to get the Supreme Court to overturn democracy itself. Finally someone has come out and spoke the plain truth about the Republicans in the Senate and House.
I’ve maintained all along they are not afraid of Donald Trump, to the extent most people believe, or reported in the media. Trump is their mouthpiece and the heavy for what they actually want to happen and say, but they don’t have the guts to say it. All they have to do is wind him up, tell him what to say, and he will. If the Republican Senate wanted to get rid of Trump, they would had done so during the Impeachment hearings.
Donald Trump would not be the autocratic leader he is today without the Republican Senate allowing it to happen. The Republican Senate is actually more culpable than woefully ignorant Trump. Whereas Donald Trump does not know the Constitution, the Republicans in the house and senate do. Between the three that have inflicted an indelible blow to our democracy and the Constitution.
The Republican Party pre-Trump does not exist anymore. They are now extremists on the far right. One can’t be more extreme if he or she is trying to overthrow our democratic processes and the legitimacy of our vote. We have gone to war over other countries trying to do even less, and now we are the one thing we use to abhor. One can’t be more extreme by embracing conspiracy theories out of thin air. One can’t be more extreme by deliberately attempting to undermine the will of the people by making the votes they cast not count.
Later I will add a list of the primary republicans who have a deliberately played a part in trying to undermine our democracy. They are without excuse and like Trump, they are un-American. Below is a link to the article I was referring to.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/12/republicans-supreme-court-overturn-democracy-itself
