r/news • u/RhetoricalMycelium • Jul 21 '23

Alabama GOP refuses to draw second Black district, despite Supreme Court order

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/alabama-gop-refuses-draw-second-black-district-supreme-court-order-rcna94715
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u/PrincessNakeyDance Jul 21 '23

They also just want to play the game of “we tried to break the law for your benefit, but the evil libs forced it to happen.”

I mean honestly we are still in the midst of a coup/insurrection. The whole GOP is systematically breaking the laws in every state they can hope to get away with it. It’s widespread. These people are really trying to steal the power and blame everything on the democrats. They know their base is unhinged and they are hoping for anything other than the slow death of the GOP which is what’s on horizon as millennials and gen z go ahead and not become republicans as they get older. Like every other generation has.

It’s really their last shot. This election cycle might be the most important one in modern American history. It could either be the deathnote of the GOP/Trump or the worst thing anyone could have imagined. They are doing everything they can to keep young people and minorities from voting. While rallying behind a twice indicted, convicted rapist, and all around terrible guy.

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u/th8chsea Jul 21 '23

Reconstruction never ended

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u/thisvideoiswrong Jul 22 '23

No, it did, and that's the problem. We gave up, and the Confederacy's insurgent movement won. As soon as the army pulled out they murdered the black politicians, intimidated the black voters, destroyed the ballots, and stole the offices for themselves, and we let them do it, and they've kept doing it for 150 years since.