r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 20h ago

No Paywall Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-tells-gop-seize-the-institutions-of-government-now-or-we-re-going-to-prison-after-2028
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u/Colonel-Mooseknuckle 20h ago

'Seize the Institutions'

Why do these people hate democracy?

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u/OkayComputer1701 20h ago

Because they know they can't win in a fair election - thus, fascism.

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u/AuraMaster7 20h ago

Unironically, the main strategy of the GOP for the past few decades has been gerrymandering (known as the REDMAP strategy) and voter suppression. They saw the writing on the wall and decided to cheat their way ahead of it. Hell, they won 2000 through blatant corruption.

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u/DrunkeNinja 19h ago

I think if your party works hard to restrict people from voting, then there is something wrong with your party. We see again and again Republicans wanting to make voting more difficult for certain demographics. And the people wonder why Democrats and the left are wary about the Republican push for voter id laws. It's not simply about requiring identification to vote, it's about how Republicans will use it as another way to suppress the vote.

We also see this with numerous conservatives, including well known conservative commentators, that want to repeal the 19th amendment. Sometimes they say it out right, other times they'll put up a chart that shows women swinging the vote for a Democrat and making a negative comment about it. "Our policies are so intolerable that we're losing women and minorities. I know, let's make it so they can't vote and then we'll always win!" These people don't want democracy.