Chris Murphy has it right

"You cannot, at the same time, love America and hate democracy," Sen. Chris Murphy [D-Connecticut] said in a speech on the Senate floor.

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Murphy's speech came hours before the US Supreme Court threw out the Texas attorney general's long-shot lawsuit seeking to determine other states' election results. At least two-thirds of House Republicans coalesced behind the suit.

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"Right now, the most serious attempt to overthrow our democracy in the history of our country is underway. Those who are pushing to make Donald Trump President, no matter the outcome of the election, are engaged in a treachery against their nation," Murphy stated.

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Murphy also lambasted "flag-waving Republicans who are trying to invalidate legal votes," because "it is the only way that they can make Donald Trump president again."

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“For much of the last four years, we thought the problem was that Republicans knew what the right thing was, but they just didn’t do it because Trump was so scary,” [Murphy said]. “I think this moment is showing us that there are a whole lot of Republicans who believe this nonsense.”

“This isn’t just a party that’s trying to stay on the good side of an enemy of democracy,” Murphy continued. “This is a party that has a whole bunch of enemies of democracy inside its top ranks. That’s bone-chilling.”

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There also seems to be a tension at play among Democrats. President-elect Joe Biden’s team — which has adopted the posture that much of what Republicans are doing is just a stunt — wants to reassure the country that the transition is proceeding smoothly, and might not want too much focus on this disruption. But that risks misleading the public about the tenuousness of the moment.

Murphy suggested that a “division of labor” among Democrats is appropriate, in which some raise alarms and others focus more on all those other matters. But he allowed that more Democrats need to speak up right now.

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On another front, a much more robust agenda to broaden prosperity and combat inequality and flat wages might defuse some populist anger out there. But given that the prospects for a modest economic rescue package are dim — and given the likelihood of GOP Senate control — that seems like an uphill climb.

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If we start to answer the question of “how did we get to the point where the Republican Party has such antipathy to democracy inside it,” then we might “be led to some policies to pursue,” Murphy said.

  

I suggest a commission, pronto.