Only Georgia Stands In The Way Of U.S. Becoming A One-Party State
Article publisher:
Issues and Insights
Article date:
8 December 2020
Article category:
National News
Medium
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So much depends on the outcome of the runoff elections in Georgia that it’s truly scary. Yet some Republicans think that “abstaining” from voting to elect a pair of U.S. senators from the Peach State is a good idea. In fact, it borders on insanity. Not voting and conceding control of the Senate to the Democrats would alter America forever, and not in a good way....
Joe Biden has already said he would sign House Resolution 1, the so-called For The People Act, whose benign name belies its true intent: To create an eventual one-party leftist state with only token political opposition. The bill was passed by the Democrat-dominated House in 2019...
Essentially, HR1 would federalize U.S. elections by putting them under the direct control of Washington. That would kill the Electoral College system we now have, which ensures that small states can’t be politically bullied by larger states when it comes to elections....
One of the bill’s provisions, for instance, would create a body to consider extending statehood to U.S. territories, such as Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa. Oh, yes, it also calls for statehood for Washington, D.C. , one of the most dysfunctional, and Democratic, cities in the U.S.
For the record, according to September 2020 voter registration data, D.C. is 77% Democrat but not even 6% Republican....
The notion of Washington-directed and -controlled elections is frightening, as economist Steve Landsburg noted recently in the Wall Street Journal...
... We’re also concerned about Democratic Deep State operatives (yes, they do exist) taking permanent control over our elections, giving Democrats a huge advantage on every level. It would be game over, a national version of California’s tin-pot, one-party state socialism. That’s in no one’s interest, apart from the Progressive/Socialist clique that now controls the Democratic Party....