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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social |
Republicans 2024: “We do not want to be a democracy”
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Charlie
@charliezegers.bsky.social
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Makes sense, as another key plank of their platform is “when people actually vote, we lose.”
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S.I.Nestor
@sinestor.bsky.social
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Kevin, it’s Democracy Squared! Senators elected by the elected.
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John Minnihan
@jbminn.bsky.social
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truth in advertising i guess (they are truly awful, part eleventy billion)
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web_rant
@webrant.bsky.social
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Concentrated capital including tech funding VCs 2024:
"We are done with democracy and demand oligarchy!"
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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droptableuser
@damorgan.bsky.social
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jeebus
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Secretoriginz
@secretoriginz.bsky.social
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They've been priming the pump for years with all their "We're not a democracy, we're a constitutional republic" talk. One must wonder tho...why are we trying to promote democracy around the world then?
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Ryan SilverFox
@silverfoxr.bsky.social
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The GOP wants to be so separated from the Democrats that they don't want to be associated with even similar words. "We're going to create a monarchy to own the libs."
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Stiney
@stiney.bsky.social
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“Both parties are the same” 🙄
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Kari G Elliott
@kbyrd.bsky.social
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It's so scary. They are no longer bothering to convince the public that they have ideas worth voting for. They plan to rule whether the public supports them or not.
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Michelle Lamb
@mlamb.bsky.social
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They look to the failed mafia state of Russia and say we got to get us some of that.
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ADJUSTABLE SIDE TABLE, WALNUT-train
@mackletrain.bsky.social
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I can't wait for it to be explained in the pedantic "WELL ACKSCHUALLY we never were a democracy, we've always been a Constitutional Republic, SO ACKSCHUALLY, this is just being more accurate..." I think you can blow on a dog whistle so hard sometimes that even people can hear it
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It's Just Jenn🏳️⚧️
@itsjustjenn.bsky.social
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"Devolving into a democracy." You know what they want us to think they're saying, Prof. Kruse. I know what they think they're telling us. Funny, it's actually a lot more honest than that. In the most terrifying way possible.
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Max’s Dad
@djwyszynski.bsky.social
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The GOP Gubernatorial nominee plead guilty to fraud.
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LibrarianWriterGeek
@sctadsen.bsky.social
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I get focusing on that bit (it is very much saying the quiet part out loud), but that bit about senators is *literally* violating the 17th Amendment. So, on top of "we are opposed to the concept of democracy," they're also saying, "we are opposed to laws laid out in the Constitution." Bold move.
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Craig Walmsley
@craigwalmsley.bsky.social
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Admirable honesty.
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Innocent🕷Abroad
@jjgass.bsky.social
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TBF, if you really believed in a state-centric version of federalism, repealing the 17th amendment would be at the top of the priority list.
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Eat the rich
@twoburritos.bsky.social
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In fairness, my mom used to tell me this like 30 years ago. It's not really new for Rs to claim we're a Republic in contrast to being a democracy
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Ann Laabs 🏳️🌈
@annlaabs.bsky.social
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"And we shoot puppies!"
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@amoapostrophe.bsky.social
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WTAF
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George Dubya
@itisgeorge.bsky.social
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Washington used to elect boring centrist GOP governors like Dan Evans and John Spellman, but the last time a GOP candidate won was 1984 and they've been slowly descending into madness ever since. The centrists left long ago and the ones still there seem to think they're in Idaho.
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ExtremeUnicornRider
@extunicornrider.bsky.social
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We need to stuff them back into the sewer.
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Malaclypse the Middle
@malaclypse.bsky.social
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Kevin, you need to remember that we are a Latin word, not a Greek word. P.S. I AM NOT A CRANK.
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JoyComethInTheMorning
@sheadapts.bsky.social
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Lemmings in a suit.
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Steve Kenson
@stevekenson.bsky.social
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… “but we DO want to be in charge.”
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Ellz
@ellz.bsky.social
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They should fahoock off to a non democracy
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Willow
@rockshrimp.bsky.social
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Same as the last 100 years.
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Santiago Z Reich
@szreich.bsky.social
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The WA Republican Party comes out against the 17th Amendment? These fuckers are so sad and pathetic they could bring a tear to a glass eye.
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Hildy Johnson
@itshildy.bsky.social
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And the R base nods enthusiastically in agreement, leopards, faces, etc.
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Reverend Lars 🌊
@reverendlars.bsky.social
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The GOP knows they are swirling down the drain, this is their last grasp at survival. Let's hope they don't drag our nation down the drain with them.
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North Easton
@north-easton.bsky.social
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Big "cutting off the face to spite the nose" energy.
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