Who Says the GOP Doesn’t Want Anyone to Vote?

So, yesterday the Chair of the Select Committee started off by saying that American democracy was ‘in danger’ because Trump tried to pressure public officials in swing states to change the results. And by saying that losing an election means the election should be cancelled or reversed is nothing more tantamount than putting an end to the electoral process altogether.

This narrative goes right alongside the idea that Trump’s nothing more than a Fascist, or an autocrat, or some other anti-democratic guy who needs to be kicked in the ass and gotten rid of one way or another.

This is all fine and well, and as an unbreakable blue team voter for the last fifty-four years, I’m happy to see Trump and every other POS/GOP adherent take it up the gazoo, except there’s only one little problem. When it comes to making our system as democratic as possible, Trump’s been the best friend that American democracy has ever had.

How can I say something so ridiculous, so absurd? I’ll tell you how.

I think the best way to figure out the actual state of a democracy is to analyze how many people participate in the system, i.e., how many people vote.

Guess what? Until the 2016 election, we never had more than 125 million voters show up and cast a vote for President. Then in 2016, the first…