Republican legislators in Montana today banned Democrat
#ZooeyZephyr from attending floor sessions of the House, after previously disallowing her from speaking in these sessions— their response to Zephyr’s floor speech telling them they would have blood on their hands if they passed a law banning gender-affirming medical treatment for trans young people. I’m compelled to raise funds for Zephyr’s campaign and the Missoula Democratic Party. Here’s why. 1/ (thread)
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Across the U.S., at every level and each branch of government, the Republican Party is trying to use the trappings and institutions of pluralist constitutional democracy to undo pluralist constitutional democracy. They are creating kangaroo courts, kangaroo legislatures, kangaroo governors and presidents - institutions and actors that mimic the form of democratic governance but in fact use antidemocratic, anti-rule-of-law tactics to seize and retain power. 3/