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Washington State GOP calls for repeal of 17th Amendment (popular election of Senators) “We are devolving into a democracy."
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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 77661133" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p><h3><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/the-wa-gop-put-it-in-writing-that-theyre-not-into-democracy/" target="_blank">The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy</a></h3><p>After the candidates left, the convention’s delegates got down to <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24602354-2024-wa-gop-platform" target="_blank">crafting a party platform</a>. Like at most GOP gatherings in the Donald Trump era, this one called for restrictions on voting. In Washington state, the delegates <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24602351-wa-gop-resolution-on-voting" target="_blank">called for the end of all mail-in voting</a>.</p><p></p><p>A <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24602349-wa-gop-repeal-17th-resolution" target="_blank">resolution</a> 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.</p><p></p><p>“We are devolving into a democracy, because congressmen and senators are elected by the same pool,” was how one GOP delegate <a href="https://tvw.org/video/washington-state-republican-party-2024041158/" target="_blank">put it to the convention</a>. “We do not want to be a democracy.”</p><p></p><p>Then they kicked it up a notch. They <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24602348-2024-gop-resolutions" target="_blank">passed a resolution</a> calling on people to please stop using the word “democracy.”</p><p></p><p>“We encourage Republicans to substitute the words ‘republic’ and ‘republicanism’ where previously they have used the word ‘democracy,’ ” the resolution says.</p><p></p><p>The resolution sums up: “We … oppose legislation which makes our nation more 'democratic' in nature.”</p><p></p><p>--</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.christianforums.com/threads/michigan-gop-chooses-election-deniers-to-run-for-sec-of-state-and-attorney-general-eta-maybe.8245890/page-2#post-77647876" target="_blank">Some recent context </a>for when the leading candidate for governor chose <em><strong>not</strong></em> to be endorsed by the state GOP at the convention, because they've gone too chaotic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 77661133, member: 294566"] [HEADING=2][URL='https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/the-wa-gop-put-it-in-writing-that-theyre-not-into-democracy/']The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy[/URL][/HEADING] After the candidates left, the convention’s delegates got down to [URL='https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24602354-2024-wa-gop-platform']crafting a party platform[/URL]. Like at most GOP gatherings in the Donald Trump era, this one called for restrictions on voting. In Washington state, the delegates [URL='https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24602351-wa-gop-resolution-on-voting']called for the end of all mail-in voting[/URL]. A [URL='https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24602349-wa-gop-repeal-17th-resolution']resolution[/URL] 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 [URL='https://tvw.org/video/washington-state-republican-party-2024041158/']put it to the convention[/URL]. “We do not want to be a democracy.” Then they kicked it up a notch. They [URL='https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24602348-2024-gop-resolutions']passed a resolution[/URL] calling on people to please stop using the word “democracy.” “We encourage Republicans to substitute the words ‘republic’ and ‘republicanism’ where previously they have used the word ‘democracy,’ ” the resolution says. The resolution sums up: “We … oppose legislation which makes our nation more 'democratic' in nature.” -- [URL='https://www.christianforums.com/threads/michigan-gop-chooses-election-deniers-to-run-for-sec-of-state-and-attorney-general-eta-maybe.8245890/page-2#post-77647876']Some recent context [/URL]for when the leading candidate for governor chose [I][B]not[/B][/I] to be endorsed by the state GOP at the convention, because they've gone too chaotic. [/QUOTE]
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