Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin’s support for the filibuster is empowering Republicans to displace American democracy with illiberal one-party rule.
Just what are the two Senators thinking?
The 2020 election taught that Republicans and their donors like Richard Uihlein, Rebekah Mercer, Peter Thiel and Julie Fancelli will abandon democracy when it jeopardizes their power. Inexperience, the courts and a few moderate Republicans derailed their plans in 2020. But extensive planning and intra-party purges have removed those hurdles, portending a fraught 2022 midterm election.
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