Democracy means self-governing, the people will decide what they want, what their priorities might be, and where they want to go into the future. Other than with respect to civil rights on some issues, this country has become increasingly conservative. We do not mean to indict all Baby-boomers, some of them have been the strongest liberal advocates and have been so for the longest. But when the huge block of Baby Boomers proved to be very conservative, the politicians followed them, making the country more conservative.
But now three generations have come of age, Black Americans have been galvanized, and the country is now taking a hard left tack. The X’ers, Millenials, and soon the Zoomers, have joined the more liberal baby boomers, demanding the country reverse course on the environment, gun rights, various government programs (SNAP, Mandatory maternity time, etc), LGBTQ rights, among many others.
Meanwhile, the Republicans have been caught flatfooted, trying to keep the country moving right while the electorate is going left. In a democracy, this would require the Republicans to moderate their programs to follow the voters, just like Bill Clinton became more conservative throughout his term.
That is not going to happen under Trumpism, or under McConnell, Graham, etc. To counter such ridiculous talk, Lindsey Graham just called the Voting Rights bill a “power grab” by Washington over the states. Except we’re talking elections. It’s not so much a “grab” as a hold on democracy.
This is obscene, so obscene that Lindsey was trending at the top of Twitter:
Graham calls voting rights bill "biggest power grab" in history https://t.co/6gUgI5hjUN [1] pic.twitter.com/CbrOFUQvHY [2]
— The Hill (@thehill) June 21, 2021 [3]
Wrong. The biggest power grab in history was LIncoln’s. The second biggest might have been the Reagan revolution Republicanism which has been going on forty years. Now with “Trumpism,” the Republicans are more extreme. Trump almost grabbed the top spot, rivaling Lincoln.
We have an update from McConnell, to give you an idea how strongly they’re against democracy.
Democrats have made abundantly clear that the real driving force behind S. 1 is a desire to rig the rules of American elections permanently in Democrats’ favor.
That’s why the Senate will give this disastrous proposal no quarter.
— Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) June 21, 2021 [4]
Yeah, the Republicans shouldn’t be asked to adjust! They should adjust the rules to make it fair to McConnell and Republicans who have fewer voters!
Twitter went off:
Lindsey Graham said “we had the largest turnout in the history of the United States” so he supports changing voting rights to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
— Bill (@BillofTheVille) June 21, 2021 [5]
Lindsey Graham calls HR 1 a “power grab.” That’s right. The majority would like to grab the power back from the minority. Minority Rule is the only rule Republicans don’t break
— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) June 21, 2021 [6]
Lindsey Graham forgot that it’s called being the MAJORITY. https://t.co/fM7S3sCm3i [7]
— Solstice (@so_solstice) June 21, 2021 [8]
Lindsey Graham, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz and Scott Perry will defend Trump until the very end. pic.twitter.com/93Qvi5Y0zj [9]
— KeanoTheDog (@judgeyourself99) June 21, 2021 [10]
Remember on the night of Jan. 6th when Lindsey Graham said "Count me out. Enough is enough."
That didn't even last 2 days before he went back to Supporting Trump, the Big Lie, Insurrection, Sedition + the Coup
"The biggest power grab in US history" – Continues by the GOP. pic.twitter.com/QVI9nhZER9 [11]
— West LA Resister 🌊🇺🇸#Vaccinate #VoteBlue2022 (@45bestwords) June 21, 2021 [12]
Lindsey Graham thinks protecting voting rights for black people is a power grab. pic.twitter.com/M6A6WgvZqe [13]
— ClockOutWars (@clockoutwars) June 21, 2021 [14]
Lindsey Graham – spineless soulless evil. pic.twitter.com/V0eCMrUfDQ [15]
— Outspoken (@Out5p0ken) June 21, 2021 [16]
Funny. Imagine that.
REPUBLICANS doing a POWER GRAB, by instituting voter legislation that makes it harder to vote, mostly for demographics/districts affecting Democrats.
Now, federal legislation aims to combat this abuse.
Then, Lindsey Graham calls it a "power grab."🙄🤔 pic.twitter.com/FLOd03mfUt [17]
— 🌐 Agent K ➖🕵️♂️ 🔎 👁️ 💬 📡 ⏱️ 🎯 ⚖️ ➖ 🌊 (@gary_kline) June 21, 2021 [18]
It is somewhat unbelievable. Of course, a lot of it has to do with Black Americans demanding their place at the table and the conservatives have always been against such nonsense. Always.
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Peace, y’all
Jason
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