The Great GOP Anti-Voting Cycle
October 24th, 2020 Barry Posted in Barry's favorites, Elections | No Comments »
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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
The cartoon shows four people walking clockwise in a circle around three people. The four people are an older white man in a suit – let’s call him The President (he isn’t drawn to look like Donald Trump, he’s just a generic politician). Next, going clockwise, are two well-dressed middle-aged people, a woman and a man. We’ll call them The Senators. And moving clockwise, next is a white-haired man with a beard and mustache; he is wearing judge’s robes, so we’ll call him The Judge.
It’s a big hall of the sort you find in some nice government buildings – fancy wainscoting on the wall, wooden floors, a large institutional-looking carpet with swirly patterns, a big potted plant (more like a small tree) near the wall.
Each person or pair – the President, the Senators, and the Judge – is holding a rope, which they are wrapping around the three ordinary citizens in the middle as they walk in a circle around them. They all look cheerful. The three ordinary citizens, who look unhappy and a bit stunned, have been thoroughly tied up.
There are dotted line arrows – the sort that indicate “read this next.” One points from the President to the Senators. One points from the Senators to the Judge. And a third and final arrow points from the Judge to the President.
PRESIDENT: And after Republican judges allow the anti-voting laws, I’ll be president even if most voters prefer the Democrat. Then I’ll nominate more Republican judges.
An arrow leads from the President to the Senators. The male Senator speaks.
SENATOR: And after the President nominates more Republican judges, Republican Senators can confirm the judges and write more anti-voting laws!
An arrow leads from the Senators to the Judge.
JUDGE: And after Republican Senators confirm us, Republican judges can rule that their anti-voting laws are constitutional!
An arrow leads from the Judge back to the President.