Republicans Are Still Trying to Disenfranchise 60,000 North Carolina Voters
This race isn't about the Supreme Court, it's about control of Congress
I bet you thought the 2024 election had been finalized and certified. Well, you thought wrong. You see, Republicans in North Carolina are absolutely furious that they’re not getting their way, so they got the state Supreme Court to block certification of the results.
Oh, and if you’re thinking to yourself, “I already heard this story.” That’s because this has been on the fringes of the news about a dozen times since the election. This latest action took place on January 8th.
Republicans just won’t quit, even when everybody and their mother can see they lost. But they try to wear us down with nonsense and push through their dishonest arguments.
When they fail in court, they file again. They do this over and over until they get some sympathetic judge who was probably appointed by a convicted felon traitor. When that happens, the laws and the Constitution go right out the window, along with our votes, along with our freedom, along with our right to basic human dignity.
All because the Republicans throw a fit, and they have an endless pile of money to fund their frivolous filings. They probably stole all that money from the Social Security fund, that’s why your grandparents won’t get their checks and will end up dying on the street.
Meanwhile, we’re just supposed to put our hands in our pockets, watch the theft in plain sight, and think, “Oh well…”
Bullshit.
The thing I can’t help but remember is how there was so much pressure on Kamala Harris to concede about three hours after the election. The Republicans came out of the woodwork to demand that she do what they consider to be the right thing… for her.
But not for them.
But when the shoe is on the other foot, win or lose, the Republicans don’t concede.
The hypocrisy is absolutely stunning. To this day, the guy who lost in 2020 has failed to concede. Yet Republicans shamelessly demand that their opponents adhere to a standard that they don’t even try to meet.
There’s one set of rules for Republicans, and one set of rules for decent, hardworking, caring individuals.
I, for one, am sick of getting railroaded.
The latest bit of manufactured outrage that’s got Republicans all riled up is that Democrat Allison Riggs won reelection to the state Supreme Court by 734 votes. But Republicans don’t know how to respect election results they don’t agree with, so they’re doing everything they can to steal the election.
What tactics are they using?
The same tactics they always use: outrage and baseless claims. Fury and lies. For the love of God America, aren’t you getting sick of fury and lies? I know I am.
You know what I’d like? I’d like a return to sportsmanship and decency! What about those values? My daughter has a basketball tournament this weekend. What should I tell her? Should I tell her that if she loses she has a right to grab up some hate symbols and burn the building down? Well, I’m not going to do that for the simple reason that A STOLEN VICTORY IS NOT A VICTORY!
Republicans demanded a partial recount, and, lo and behold, the result was even more votes for Allison Riggs.
You’d think that with all the seats of power Republicans have managed to get their greasy paws on lately, they would be at least willing to concede one Supreme Court seat where they already hold a majority. But nope! For some reason this seat represents some kind of an existential threat to them.
I think the reason is that North Carolina is heavily gerrymandered. With a couple justices who actually cared about things like truth, justice, the Constitution, and basic fairness, there’s a chance the voters of the state might have a chance to have their voices heard.
However, with gerrymandered maps, you ensure that all the Congressional seats go red. That way the Republicans control the House of Representatives. That allows them control over things like impeachment (which is actually the least of the power it grants them).
What’s supremely irritating about this is the extent to which Democrats are more willing to throw in the towel rather than go to battle with unreasonable and abusive people. The Republicans have been orchestrating their gerrymandered takeover of the nation for decades. Meanwhile, the Democrats sit there and say, “We can’t be like them.”
Democrats need to wake up. “Don’t be like them,” means don’t gerrymander. It DOES’T mean “do nothing” while malicious forces steal our country from us.
The passive response of Democrats is what got us into this mess. They need to grow a backbone. It’s not enough to DEFEND, you have to COUNTER-ATTACK!
Quit expecting your opponents to behave decently because they won’t. They just won’t.
This takes us back to the demands that Harris concede. Are these “brilliant” minds so dim they don’t notice the very basic strategy in play? Republicans wanted Harris to concede because they didn’t want any recounts, particularly not in swing states. Then, when she conceded, the Republicans started licking their lips about the various ways they could file frivolous legal challenges in the races Republican candidates LOST LEGITIMATELY.
What Harris should have done was wait until all recounts were completed and all the races were certified before conceding. That way, if they demanded a recount for a down ballot race, she could have said, “While you’re at it, recount the presidential race too.”
You’d have seen a lot fewer recount requests in that case.
The last thing the Republicans wanted was a hand recount of any of the results in any swing state. What they played for (and got with their whiny pressure technique), was to get recounts for the races that they lost while ignoring the ones that it appeared (with questions) that they won.
We’ve got to stop doing what Republicans unreasonably expect and demand of us. We have to stop complying in advance. Instead, it’s time to stand up and declare that we too have a right to our life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
We can depend on Republicans to file lawsuit after lawsuit hoping that the luck of the draw will provide them with a sympathetic judge.
Why do we let this keep happening?
Naturally the media covers none of it because the media is owned by the same billionaire jerks who are at step 9 of their 10 step program for world domination.
CALL TO ACTION
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m pretty sick of being scolded by Republicans to sit and do nothing while they set fire to the nation. I’m sick of them holding us to an extreme standard of decorum while they belch and fart and shit all over the Constitution.
I know for a goddamned fact that I’m not the only one who is noticing this. If you’re noticing this and you’re mad about it, then let people know. This silence is killing us!
The way it looks right now, we’ll only have freedom of speech for about 10 more days, so I suggest you use it.
The media is never going to be critical of Republicans for trying to toss 60,000 votes into the dumpster, but we don’t have to sit here and say nothing. If enough people are willing to whisper that they’re angry, we will be heard.
You don’t even have to shout. Start with a whisper. See how that feels. You might discover that you sense an electrical surge of power running through you.
That is the feeling of your compliance evaporating into nothingness. Once you get a taste of it, you’ll want more, believe me. Once you have more, you’ll have power, so do it!
We have power. That’s what the oppressors are most terrified that we’ll discover. They are afraid of us.
Rebuke them!
Use your social media contacts, use the share button, use your voice. Repost this article everywhere, repost other articles, and, above all, TELL people in your social circle what’s happening.
Friends, face-to-face conversation is the most powerful weapon in our arsenal. But you have to speak!
It’s time we let Republicans know that we’re sick of their lack of respect for our voice and our votes. We’re sick of the way they constantly cheat with gerrymandered districts, pressure techniques, outrage, and frivolous lawsuits. We’re sick of the way they throw our votes into the trash. We’re sick of their complete lack of decorum, their refusal to concede, and their blatant disrespect of law and order.
As a human being, you have a right to have your voice heard. You can’t allow nefarious forces to beat you into submission. Submission isn’t living. We deserve to be treated with basic dignity. That means standing up to the cheats, liars, and bullies.
Stand up for the future. Stand up for your kids.
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"Democrats sit there and say, “We can’t be like them.” My sentiments exactly. It was painful to see Kamala stand there doing a "peaceful transfer of power" and then brag about how nice Democrats are to not make a fuss. The election being so close with known cheaters who openly plan to overturn democracy needs to be challenged.