Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jun 4, 2024

The #Texas #RepublicanParty has gone off the deep end

Even before the #release of an #outrageous new #platform, the #party had become an #embarrassment to itself.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/03/texas-republican-party-new-platform/

The Texas Republican Party has gone off the deep end

Even before the release of an outrageous new platform, the party had become an embarrassment to itself.

The Washington Post
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jun 4, 2024

#Texas #Republicans’ Brazen Plan to #Control the #State Forever

The #state #GOP just approved a #partyplatform that would effectively ensure #onepartyrule.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://newrepublic.com/article/182204/texas-republicans-platform-one-party-rule

Texas Republicans’ Brazen Plan to Control the State Forever

The state GOP just approved a party platform that would effectively ensure one-party rule.

The New Republic
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈
#ArticleIV, #Section4 of the U.S. Constitution states: "The #UnitedStates shall #guarantee to every #State in this #Union a #Republican Form of #Government, and shall #protect each of them against #Invasion; and on #Application of the #Legislature, or of the #Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against #DomesticViolence." (1/3)
Jun 4, 2024 at 5:48pmWeb
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jun 4, 2024
A republican form of government, as outlined in the guarantee clause of the U.S. Constitution, is a system where the power is vested in the hands of the citizens who elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf. In a republican government, elected officials are accountable to the people and must govern according to the rule of law, typically enshrined in a constitution. (2/3)
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jun 4, 2024

This form of government contrasts with a monarchy or dictatorship, where power is concentrated in the hands of one individual or a small group without the consent of the governed.

So establishing a one party rule is not a Republican form of government, and would require the federal government to take action. (3/3)