look at wisconsin

I'm having a particularly hard time today with the fact that the @GOP have set up a "we hold all power forever" test case in Wisconsin - that we have a lite version of Orbán's Hungary right here in a US state - and nobody reacts.

It's not "just gerrymandering," it's a blueprint.

Yeah, I mean, they can theoretically lose the majority in the legislature. If they lose by over 20 points, it just barely becomes possible. Let's call it 60.5-39.5. Get that, and the Democrats could end up with a paper-thin majority.

I was thinking Democrats got 6% more votes for assembly statewide than Republicans. That was wrong.

It was over 8%.

It was a Democratic landslide, and the @GOP had a 64%-36% majority in the legislature as a result.

And we're supposed to be fine with that?

The @GOP can lose 53%-45% and keep a 64%-36% supermajority lockhold on power and that's okay?

No wonder they think they can launch a coup attempt with impunity. They already have, at the state level.

What the fuck, @TheDemocrats?

This is what the @GOP are going to bring everywhere if they can.

When I say Republicans only accept elections they're guaranteed to win, I'm not presenting it as a hypothetical. I'm presenting it as a fact.

If somehow the coup attempt wasn't enough, look at Wisconsin.