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There is a certain genius to the way the GOP is operating today

artradley

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Apr 26, 2013
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Pennsylvania is a prime example. The GOP legislature insists that mail-in ballots not be counted until election day. There isn't any obvious reason for this - it doesn't help in any way, but it does create bedlam and causes a several day long delay in completing the count. However, when the count does take several days, they then scream that the delay indicates Democrats are cheating and manipulating the vote. This riles up their base, increasing their loyalty to the GOP and solidifying their view that Democrats are evil, and gives them an excuse to enact more laws aimed at suppressing Democrat voters.

In the past, politicians were afraid such transparent moves would come back to embarrass them. In the past, if you wanted to lie about something such as voter fraud you needed to have at least an arguable relationship to reality. Thanks to Trump, the GOP no longer feels these restrictions. They know whatever they do, no matter how transparently political, they will not face consequences. They now know that no lie is too big or too outrageous. It has freed them to behave in ways that we never would have imagined in the past. And, most importantly, it is working.

God help us all.
 
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