Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, putting it right in the party platform.

A resolution called for ending the ability to vote for U.S. senators. Instead, senators would get appointed by state legislatures, as it generally worked 110 years ago prior to the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913.

“We are devolving into a democracy, because congressmen and senators are elected by the same pool,” was how one GOP delegate put it to the convention. “We do not want to be a democracy.”

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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    6 months ago

    It brings to mind that popular post that said conservatism has one value: there must be in groups the law protects but does not bind, and outgroups that the law binds but does not protect.

    Everything else is just trying to dress that up.