If you cherish US democracy, you should be outraged by what’s just happened in Washington, DC, and Texas. In the US Senate, Republicans managed to block a bill to launch an independent inquiry into the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol. And in Texas, the GOP is on the verge of enacting new restrictive voting measures — expected to become law Monday — that not only would make it harder for people of color to vote, but would alarmingly make it easier for Texas judges to overturn election results — something Donald Trump was unable to do after he lost the 2020 election.
If you cherish US democracy, you should be outraged by what’s just happened in Washington, DC, and Texas. In the US Senate, Republicans managed to block a bill to launch an independent inquiry into the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol. And in Texas, the GOP is on the verge of enacting new restrictive voting measures — expected to become law Monday — that not only would make it harder for people of color to vote, but would alarmingly make it easier for Texas judges to overturn election results — something Donald Trump was unable to do after he lost the 2020 election.