rberger , to random
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“We are devolving into a democracy, because congressmen and senators are elected by the same pool,” was how one GOP delegate put it to the convention. “We do not want to be a democracy.”

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/the-wa-gop-put-it-in-writing-that-theyre-not-into-democracy/

ariadne , to random
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"‘Democracy is teetering’: at ground zero for Trump’s big lie in Arizona
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"Kris Mayes, the state attorney general who is being sued – again – by Hamadeh two years after she beat him, is stark about the enduring strength of election denial. She was a until 2019 when, dismayed by the direction in which was dragging the party, she defected to the .

“The Republican party in has been taken over by a faction that wants to undermine our by sowing seeds of doubt about our system,” she said. “As a former Republican, I find that horrendous, and nothing short of heartbreaking.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/16/arizona-election-denial-consequences

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