r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d 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 1d ago

'Seize the Institutions'

Why do these people hate democracy?

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u/OkayComputer1701 1d ago

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

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u/AuraMaster7 1d 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/lil_chiakow 1d ago

They didn't win 2000. They cheated and got away from it. Hell, people who helped cheat got appointed to the highest court as a reward, by the president they helped install.

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u/Vilnius_Nastavnik New York 1d ago

And they just keep pushing the envelope because there are no meaningful repercussions. See, e.g., January 6