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I remember in 2008 and 2012, the press warned that Republicans risked losing so much of America that they wouldn't be able to win a federal election for 20 years, if they didn't change their strategy of appealing only to white voters.
Then Shelby County v. Holder happened.
Then Shelby County v. Holder happened.
Voter suppression has always been apart of the playbook, especially in the conservative South, but Shelby County v. Holder erased protections for Black voters overnight. Republicans ran with it.
They didn't need to win over anybody if they could pick their voters.
They didn't need to win over anybody if they could pick their voters.
And that's precisely what Republicans are depending on doing again this year. They know that in terms of popular sentiment, they are widely, and wildly, loathed.
They don't care. They're not worried about getting your vote. They're worried about getting courts to toss it.
They don't care. They're not worried about getting your vote. They're worried about getting courts to toss it.
That's what packing the federal courts with 180 judges has been about. That's what ramming through Amy Barrett's nomination is about.
It's about using the courts to ensure they never have to win an election again to maintain power.
It's about using the courts to ensure they never have to win an election again to maintain power.
Republicans don't represent their constituents. Republicans represent powerful interests seeking to impose their beliefs and game our economic system.
If we manage to win this election, we have to implement laws that prevent this from happening again.
If we manage to win this election, we have to implement laws that prevent this from happening again.
We *must* expand the Supreme Court. We *must* fix AND EXPAND the VRA. We *must* put an end to our elections being for sale, as they have been since the Citizens United decision. We *must* get the ability to indict criminal presidents on the books. We *must* protect our elections.
Not only that, but we have to keep showing up every single election to lock Republicans out. This doesn't end in 2020.
The only way we end this is to vote at significantly higher rates, because our votes count less and our votes are more likely to be tossed out.
The only way we end this is to vote at significantly higher rates, because our votes count less and our votes are more likely to be tossed out.
Republicans have been at this for over 50 years. They're not going to stop because they lose one election, and the second they get the opportunity to shut the opposition out forever, they will take it.
