Mitch McConnell is right. Secure, open elections would elect more Democrats.
“They’re doing it as we sit here,” replied Robert S. Mueller III
“And they expect to do it during the next campaign.”
McConnell objected, saying Schumer was trying to pass “partisan legislation.”
“Clearly this request is not a serious effort to make a law.
Clearly something so partisan that it only received one single solitary Republican vote in the House
is not going to travel through the Senate by unanimous consent,” McConnell said.
Guess what: McConnell is right!
Legislation to secure our elections is partisan. And the fact that it’s partisan shows just
how pathological the Republican Party has become in its determination to hold on to power.
some things that, in our system today, are “partisan” in the sense that if we were to do them they would advantage the Democratic Party over the Republican Party:
- Securing our voting systems from foreign hacking
- Allowing every American to vote
- Making it as easy as possible for Americans to vote
- Ensuring that all votes count equally
so much of what plagues our election system works to the advantage of Republicans,
in part because their voters tend to be older and wealthier, and
in part because of all the effort Republicans have put into erecting obstacles in the path of Democratic-leaning cons uencies attempting to vote,
not to mention the gerrymandering that makes Republican votes worth more and the electoral college that does the same.
the leader of the Republican Party said publicly that if a foreign power offered him help in his reelection bid, he’d accept it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/25/mitch-mcconnell-is-right-secure-open-elections-would-elect-more-democrats/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3131609dda1b&wpisrc=nl_mo st&wpmm=1
And guess what?
The American oligarchy fully supports the Repugs' authoritarian, secret, no-accountability, compromised, corrupt govt
because it means the Repug s will continue to enable/enrich/protect the oligarchy as it amasses more Capital and power.
Through Slime Willy Barr, the oligarchy has obtained control of the American judicial system.
And guess what?
There's no way to stop them, no way to reverse the damage.
it's GAMEOVER