As Republican politicians fall over each other to show how Trump-like they can be, the rights of voters, women, minorities, immigrants, health workers, conservationists and educators are threatened across the country. Laws are enacted that, just six years ago, would have been unthinkable in America.
Aside from the far-right zealots who swoon with every Trump proclamation, many Republicans are acting out of fear, unwilling to oppose Trumpian policies and face the consequences at the ballot box. Even though the American public favors voting rights, abortion rights and gun control measures by a wide margin, these politicians fear backlash from Trump and his minions and thus support (or fail to confront) their extreme views.
Until Trump has been removed from the political scene, via conviction and incarceration, this dismantling of American freedoms will continue. Many of us impatiently await that scenario, knowing that the right-wing snake will devour our rights until its head is severed.
