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Wounded
Author: BobR
Date: 05/17/2023 13:33:53
In yesterday's blog, TriSec quoted Star Trek writers with the phrase "There's nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal". It was posted in reference to Russia, but - for similar reasons - it can certainly be applied to the current GQP as well. Their actions are becoming more over-the-top as they desperately cling to power, knowing they are becoming a smaller minority as politics in the U.S. becomes increasingly balkanized.
As part of his blatant attempts to boost his profile in preparation for a run at the White House, Florida Republican governor Ron DeSatan has worked with the state legislature to pass a whole slew of regressive laws. Has he gone too far? Yes. Do voters in FL think so? Apparently they do in Jacksonville (hi Mondo!), where a Democrat won the mayoral race, replacing a term-limited Republican, and while running against a much better funded Republican opponent.
In Texas (the other southern state I'd like to avoid like the plague), the state senate passed a bill stripping (democratically-controlled) cities from being able to govern themselves:
The Republicans used to crow about "state's rights" and the 10th Amendment, but on a smaller (state) scale they are hypocrites and want to consolidate power at the top.
North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature overrode the Democratic governor's veto of a bill banning abortion after 12 weeks. Considering that the governor was elected by the citizens of the state, you have to wonder how badly gerrymandered the districts are for Republicans to have a veto-proof majority in the state legislature.
Gerrymandering is how Tennessee got the Republican super-majority which decided to oust 2 of 3 (democratic) representatives who had the audacity to complain about the state House's lack of action on gun violence. It's always a tell-tale sign when a state has a super majority of one party in the legislature, but a popular-vote member of the opposite party in the governor's seat.
At the national level, Marjorie "three toes" Greene wants to impeach FBI director Christopher Wray for supposedly using the Bureau as a "personal police force" for President Biden. Perhaps she needs to be reminded that FBI is indeed the federal police force, and is under the auspices of the Executive branch. Details aren't her strong suit.
There are certainly many more stories like this showing how Republicans are willing to blatantly change the rules to keep themselves in power, when they know they'd lose if the electorate had their way. These are the actions of a wounded animal, snarling and snapping at those who would be willing to help, but instead are forced to put it out of its misery.
As part of his blatant attempts to boost his profile in preparation for a run at the White House, Florida Republican governor Ron DeSatan has worked with the state legislature to pass a whole slew of regressive laws. Has he gone too far? Yes. Do voters in FL think so? Apparently they do in Jacksonville (hi Mondo!), where a Democrat won the mayoral race, replacing a term-limited Republican, and while running against a much better funded Republican opponent.
In Texas (the other southern state I'd like to avoid like the plague), the state senate passed a bill stripping (democratically-controlled) cities from being able to govern themselves:
House Bill 2127 takes large domains of municipal governing — from payday lending laws to regulations on rest breaks for construction workers to laws determining whether women can be discriminated against based on their hair — out of the hands of the state’s largely Democratic-run cities and shifts them to its Republican-controlled legislature.
According to the Austin American Statesman, Gov. Greg Abbott ® has been a vocal supporter of the bill.
Progressive critics argue the legislation — which one lawyer for Texas cities called “the Death Star” for local control — represents a new phase in the campaign by conservative state legislatures to curtail the power of blue-leaning cities.
The Republicans used to crow about "state's rights" and the 10th Amendment, but on a smaller (state) scale they are hypocrites and want to consolidate power at the top.
North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature overrode the Democratic governor's veto of a bill banning abortion after 12 weeks. Considering that the governor was elected by the citizens of the state, you have to wonder how badly gerrymandered the districts are for Republicans to have a veto-proof majority in the state legislature.
Gerrymandering is how Tennessee got the Republican super-majority which decided to oust 2 of 3 (democratic) representatives who had the audacity to complain about the state House's lack of action on gun violence. It's always a tell-tale sign when a state has a super majority of one party in the legislature, but a popular-vote member of the opposite party in the governor's seat.
At the national level, Marjorie "three toes" Greene wants to impeach FBI director Christopher Wray for supposedly using the Bureau as a "personal police force" for President Biden. Perhaps she needs to be reminded that FBI is indeed the federal police force, and is under the auspices of the Executive branch. Details aren't her strong suit.
There are certainly many more stories like this showing how Republicans are willing to blatantly change the rules to keep themselves in power, when they know they'd lose if the electorate had their way. These are the actions of a wounded animal, snarling and snapping at those who would be willing to help, but instead are forced to put it out of its misery.
