Republicans now control 32 state legislatures and 33
governorships. They have majorities in both state legislative chambers
as well as the governorships in 25 states. The Democrats have total control in only six states and legislative control in two more.
If
Republicans achieve veto-proof control in 38 states, they can do
something that has never been done before — hold a constitutional
convention, and then ratify new amendments that are put forth. To date,
all amendments have been initiated from Congress where two-thirds of
both houses are required. In either case, 38 states would be needed to
ratify the amendments. The Republicans are well on their way. [...]
Ask the corporate Democrats who have turned losing into an
art form. Since 2008, they have lost 917 state legislative seats.
Explanations range from Koch brothers funding to gerrymandering to voter
suppression to the rise of the Tea Party. All partially true.
The
Democrats also shoulder a good deal of the blame. Ever since Bill
Clinton triangulated into NAFTA and away from working people, the
Democratic Party’s embrace of financial and corporate elites has become
the norm.
Hillary Clinton took $225,000 per speech from Goldman
Sachs not because she was corrupt, but because this is simply the way
the political game is played. You raise money from rich people, and then
you back away from attacking their prerogatives while still trying to
placate your liberal/worker base. [...]
We need to turn the marvelous anti-Trump resistance into a common
national movement that binds us together and directly confronts runaway
inequality. We need to come out of our silos because nearly every issue
we work on is connected by growing inequality.
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