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vtsandtrooper t1_j4b5pzm wrote

They want home rule gone so that the threat of the 51st movement is gone. Its all about retaining their minority populous control over government. Step one to remove home rule, stop people who can speak on the specific impacts of it, from being able to speak on it.

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Hills_Dweller_22305 t1_j4deeoj wrote

You're giving them waaaaaaaaayyyyyy too much credit here. Kinda like Hillary Clinton and the "vast right wing conspiracy" stuff. Seriously, I doubt they spent more than 10 seconds thinking about this and it's likely a basic procedural issue.

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vtsandtrooper t1_j4dvkv4 wrote

Right.. because theres never been any evidence that the GOP is trying to control procedural elements of governance to assist in elongating the relevance of the party through minority rule.

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-presidential-race-and-ethnicity-biden-cabinet-donald-trump-31992ff4490575e54b466fee1e55ae33

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vtsandtrooper t1_j4dvs6j wrote

Or how about when the GOP had a post mortem meeting in williamsburg in 2009 after the landslide defeat in 2008, and decided to focus on Governors races, state legislatures, and “states rights”… Im sure 8 years later there were no repercussions or impacts from that concerted messaging and procedural sabotage.

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