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Originally posted by Jefffive:
Wisconsin is now in the middle of seeing what Republicans think democracy should look like.

Wisconsin generally votes about 53% Democratic, 47% Republican, with some variation.

In 2011 Republicans got a majority in the Legislature and crammed through the worst gerrymander in the Country, the ultimate example of politicians choosing voters instead of the other way around.

A non-partisan political scientist calculated that under the new maps Republicans drew Democrats would have to win by 8.3% statewide to get a bare majority in the Legislature. In 2018 Democrats won with 54% of the vote but Republicans won 63 of 93 seats.

Republicans were able to hold onto this absurd arrangement because they had a majority on the State Supreme Court but, in a long campaign when the Democrat made plain that she thought the extreme gerrymander was unconstitutional, she won. By 11%. A landslide in Wisconsin.

So now, before she's heard a single case of any kind Republicans want to Impeach her so the Democratic majority the voters of Wisconsin (remember them?) just voted for goes away. Impeachment is a two-step process; a majority vote in the lower House, the Assembly, removes the Justice until they are tried and acquitted or found Guilty by the Senate. Unless you are dealing with Republicans, who may do the first step, impeach her so she is suspended from her duties, but no further, leaving her in literal limbo.

And Republicans claim to support democracy.