Washington Post: Republicans’ war on democracy is ramping up

[BidenPresident]

REPUBLICANS’ WAR on democracy is gaining steam. Unable to persuade a majority of voters to vote for their presidential standard-bearer or Senate candidates in some key races, many have decided that instead of trying to compete in a free and fair vote they will make the contest less free and less fair. Republican state lawmakers are introducing voter-suppression bills all over the country. But ground zero is Georgia, where former president Donald Trump and two Republican Senate incumbents unexpectedly lost.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...fd9_story.html

[martin]

Republicans see their disadvantage in numbers steadily increasing and concluded the only way to resist it is with anti democratic measures when they could change course, be truer to the spirit of the nation, and broaden their appeal to voters. They've picked a long term losing strategy if it really is a strategy and not just a continuing manifestation of innate prejudice and selfishness.

[BidenPresident]

Republicans see their disadvantage in numbers steadily increasing and concluded the only way to resist it is with anti democratic measures when they could change course, be truer to the spirit of the nation, and broaden their appeal to voters. They've picked a long term losing strategy if it really is a strategy and not just a continuing manifestation of innate prejudice and selfishness.

GOP is still the party of Trump. Democrats need to vociferously attack them for denying voting rights.

[martin]

The party was no different in that sense before Trump.

[BidenPresident]

The party was no different in that sense before Trump.

True.

[BidenPresident]

"Two monstrous election bills emerged in the Georgia state legislature this week. One, in the state Senate, would end no-excuse absentee voting. Only Georgians who meet specific criteria, such as being over 65, could cast mail-in ballots. Even if they have a valid excuse, the bill would require voters to find witnesses to sign their absentee ballots, and voters would have to attach photocopies of their IDs, making the process vastly more difficult."