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When has something being unpopular ever stopped Republicans from trying to enshrine it into law?

Rick Scott, the head of the NRSC, wants to end Medicare, Social Security, The Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and raise taxes on everyone making less than $100k.

How many Republicans want any of those things to pass into law? Do you think it will matter?

The GOP candidate for Governor in Michigan is running explicitly against the very idea of democracy. His justification is that democracy always leads to communism and this isn't an abnormal view for today's Republicans. Mike Lee said very similar things. Ron Johnson thinks Hungary is a nation we should model.

Once you've embraced the idea of minority rule, what does popularity and support have anything to do with what is enshrined into law?

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