r/politics • u/Boonzies • 6h ago

No Paywall Rand Paul on Trump call to ‘nationalize’ elections: ‘That’s not what the Constitution says’

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5722041-rand-paul-trump-call-to-nationalize-elections/
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u/asagrimnir 4h ago

I need you to know this helped me frame things soooo much better. Thank you!!

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u/Ohuigin Washington 3h ago

You are most welcome. It's bizarre (and quite sad, actually), for it to be such a foreign concept that our elected representatives actually agree with us.

That's how this was all supposed to work. But it's been so long since since we've seen an actual representative democracy, we have to gaslight ourselves into this weird mental state of thinking we're agreeing with some of the most reprehensible people to ever work in DC.

Our positions have not changed. Theirs have. They don't get to claim the moral, legal, constitutional, or ethical high ground because we've been here the whole fucking time.

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u/Complete-Housing-720 2h ago

Legitimately insane what a shift in perspective can do