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GOP Governors Invoke the Confederate Theory of Secession to Justify Border Violations (slate.com)

submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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This week, Republican governors across the country escalated their conflict with the Biden administration over the southern border by invoking the same legal theory that slave states wielded to justify secession before the Civil War.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, joined by 25 other GOP governors, now argues that the Biden administration has violated the federal government’s “compact” with the states—an abdication that justifies state usurpation of federal authority at the border.

This language embraces the Confederacy’s conception of the Constitution as a mere compact that states may exit when they feel it has been broken. It’s dangerous rhetoric that transcends partisan grandstanding. And as before, it’s being used to legitimize both nullification and dehumanization.

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[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

I love how you're downvoted for saying something factually true. It's so insanely frustrating how much in denial Americans are about Democrats being center-right.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

I agree about the centrist part, but not because of Manchin.

Manchin isn't some rotating villain conspiracy. He's from fucking West Virginia. What are you expecting? Dems don't vote in lockstep, and need more than the slimmest majority to legislate.

Republicans aren't much different. It's not like they're legislating.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I mean, Manchin isn't surprising when you realize where Dems sit on the political stage.

Though I'd argue Republicans have moved so far right that it is pure ignorance to pretend they're only "not much different" even only on legislation.

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