On America’s 250th, Trump Calls for Republicans to End Democracy to Save His Himself
The president who instigated a coup told his party exactly how to make sure it never has to answer to voters again
America turned 250 years old this weekend, and our first convicted felon president marked the occasion by explaining how he intends to make sure Republicans never have to face the voters again. On the eve of the nation’s semiquincentennial, with Mount Rushmore as a backdrop, the man who cannot stop invoking the Founding Fathers used the holiday commemorating their efforts to describe the end of the experiment they started.
Listen to the words of the insurrectionist president, here:
When Republicans Win, America Loses
Trump has spent months threatening to hold every piece of legislation hostage until Congress passes the so-called “SAVE Act” — a bill that requires documentary proof of citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate, just to register to vote, even though citizenship is already required and already verified. Roughly 21.3 million eligible voters don’t have quick access to that documentation, and in this kiss-up/kick-down New Gilded Age, obtaining a passport is cost-prohibitive for millions of Americans. That is the Republican point. The bill also forces states to hand over complete, unredacted voter rolls to the Department of Homeland Security and exposes election officials to criminal penalties if they register someone without the paperwork — never mind the Constitution’s strict instructions that elections are the province of the states.
This weekend, Trump dropped all pretense:
“If we terminate the filibuster, as we should do, and immediately vote for the Save America Act, then we will not lose an election for 100 years.”
He’s not talking about promoting popular policies that help people. He’s announcing a plan to end free and fair elections for good.
This isn’t about “SAVING” America, it’s about…
