Republicans Want To Establish An Autocratic Government

Ted Cruz is spearheading a new GOP effort to overturn the 2020 election​.
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This is a blatant effort to overturn a legitimate election. The effort is indicative of a group of power hungry politicians willing to go to any means to establish an authoritarian government where one party dominates.

The United States is experiencing the slow, albeit doomed, takeover of its democracy. It is shameful that a significant faction of the Republican leadership is willing to take whatever action necessary to stay in power…even if it means establishing an autocratic government.

However, there is a silver lining to all of this. First, our system is working and will continue to work with numerous judges from various backgrounds throwing out the illegitimate election challenges.. Second, the effort requires passage in both Houses of Congress and that is not going to happen.

This is a total embarassment.

(Vox) “On Saturday, 11 current and incoming Republican senators announced in a joint statementthat they would object to the congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory next week in a futile effort to hand outgoing President Donald Trump an unelected second term in office.

The statement — led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — also calls for the creation of an electoral commission modeled on a similar committee assembled in 1877, saying the commission would conduct “an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns in the disputed states.”

Citing ‘unprecedented allegations of voter fraud, violations and lax enforcement of election law, and other voting irregularities,’ the letter also argues that states should be allowed to “evaluate the Commission’s findings and could convene a special legislative session to certify a change in their vote, if needed.’

…Ultimately, the Republican plan to object will lead nowhere. Though a bicameral group of Republicans will be able to successfully object to the certification of results, the Democratic majority in the House means that the effort will ultimately fail there — and it may not stand much of a chance in the Senate either, where the No. 1 and No. 2 Republicans in the chamber — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Majority Whip John Thune — have come out against it.

‘In the Senate, it would go down like a shot dog,’ Thune told reporters in December 2020. ‘I just don’t think it makes a lot of sense to put everybody through this when you know what the ultimate outcome is going to be.’
Other Republicans, including Sens. Mitt Romney and Ben Sasse, have criticized Hawley’s plan. And In a statement Saturday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) came out strongly against the lawmakers’ plan to object.
‘I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States,” she said, “and that is what I will do January 6 — just as I strive to do every day as I serve the people of Alaska. I will vote to affirm the 2020 presidential election.’”

We need to be vigilent…there are those in our Country who do not value our democracy.