Wisconsin GOP voted in wee hours of morning to brazenly strip power from Dem gov/AG & make it harder to vote
Similar GOP legislative coups underway in MI, NC & OH
This is outrageous abuse of power & should be huge national scandal pic.twitter.com/WK71x3DaU3
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) December 5, 2018
The Republicans' lame-duck strategies in Wisconsin and Michigan to hobble incoming Democratic governors foreshadow a coming political war between urban and rural America, writes @ronbrownstein: https://t.co/eQYioQAWMw
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) December 7, 2018
attempted constitutional coups in North Carolina, Michigan, and Wisconsin are probably the most ominous recent development in American politics https://t.co/YYL2TAfjtc
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) December 5, 2018
"In the long run, the GOP’s turn against democracy could well be a greater threat to the American experiment than anything President Donald Trump has done." https://t.co/6I1zNtCwCG
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) December 6, 2018
“Sore losers” is too breezy a description of the Republicans who are defecating on democracy in states like Wisconsin and Michigan. “Fraud” feels like too light a word for what went down in North Carolina’s 9th. I wrote about all this. https://t.co/vCwpZKpISt
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) December 8, 2018
Excellent @jtlevy piece on the right balance for Democrats to strike in the face of GOP procedural warfare going forward:https://t.co/xwgWsBOseO
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) December 11, 2018
"The clock is ticking"
WI & MI Rs are trying to curb power of incoming Ds as their gerrymander advantage is coming to an end: new D govs w veto power, fed lawsuits in OH, WI, & MI + new redistricting rules in OH & MI for '20
w @AsteadWesley https://t.co/SJSJe6HnPM
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) December 10, 2018
True. And there are things we can do about it beyond wringing our hands. The Wisconsin and Michigan Constitutions protect separation of powers. I’m urging litigation against what the legislative losers are trying to do to the executive authority of their governors and AGs. https://t.co/y9ICX0IxtC
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 7, 2018
Liberal groups in Michigan and Wisconsin are organizing demonstrations to oppose GOP legislators stripping power from the governor’s offices before new Democratic governors take their posts https://t.co/P7amsx2cnJ
— POLITICO (@politico) December 9, 2018
Very important piece by @rickhasen Soundrels like Kris Kobach and Hans von Spakovsky will use the real fraud by Republicans in North Carolina as an excuse to push more voter suppression methods for non-fraud. Beware. https://t.co/6eyM5EMB8p
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) December 7, 2018
We Slack-chatted about the Republican efforts to strip power from incoming Dem executives in Wisconsin and Michigan: https://t.co/BHFdnv5l3w
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) December 4, 2018
Sad! 