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One thing we learned in 2020 is that the Republican Party has become much more comfortable declaring out loud that they fundamentally object to the right of non-white people to vote and to have those votes counted when their preferences donât match those of most white voters.
Black, Latino, indigenous, AAPI and even liberal white Americansâ votes are, in the now settled and open view of the Republican Party, to be discouraged up front via suppression, or tossed out and overriden through violent or autocratic means. Only majority white votes are valid.
That shouldnât be all that surprising since ironically, what was the party of Lincoln absorbed the old Dixiecrats, confederate pro-slavery dead-enders, and the ânew white ethic immigrantâ blue collar conservatives who were pitted against Black migrants to northern cities.
What is new is that the modern GOP has become as open faced about their disbelief in the fundamental legitimacy particularly of Black votes, as the Dixiecrats used to be. Thereâs no more couching it in euphemisms and fake civility. Theyâre about to shout it in the Senate on 1/6.
And perhaps itâs clarifying and important to understand that. Republicans believe quite openly, that because they are the party of most white Americans, they have a fundamental right to rule this country, regardless of the outcome of elections. They are anti-democracy. Period.
Good to know that, going forward. What Republicans should know, however, is that Americaâs rising majority â Black, Latino, indigenous, AAPI and the 42-45 percent of collegiate white Americans who are moderate-to-liberalâ DO believe in democracy, and are intent on defending it.
There will never be an American king. Republicans will do all they can to break our country and bend it to their will; they have already installed themselves as petit oligarchs, and wrecked a whole lot of fundamentals here, but they will never, ever have their king. Not ever.
