• stickly@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      As an example, republican legislators can target state institutions that resist Trump’s executive orders. Things like cutting state funding for not complying with his DEI nonsense as a double whammy, or ordering state police to support ICE.

      They also know it’s open season for regressive laws right now, look at bills targeting LGBT and abortion rights. These will face almost no opposition all the way up to the SCOTUS as federal civil rights protections are dismantled.

      And don’t forget that your state and local governments oversee elections. The false elector plots in 2020 were enabled by these people.