https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/distinctly-catholic/our-democracy-more-fragile-we-were-taught
As long as we have elections controlled at the local level by non-partisan volunteers and ballot counting is honest with an independent judiciary, our democracy is safe. This keeps the republic intact. Partisanship is a feature of single member districts and proportional representation at the national level would give us more gridlock, not less.
Republican hyperpartisanship will be punished by the voters, which brings progressive change followed by conservative reaction. That interplay keeps us both safe and free, preventing violent uprisings a d one party rule.
The GOP knows it has a Trump problem and will lose too many senators to have any say if they wait for 2020. They need the Mueller report ASAP so that if Pence is implicated too they ha e cover to get rid of them both and make Ryan President before the new Congress convenes. They will still hurt in 2020 but may survive. The alternative is Pelosi as queenmaker for Hillary. That may or may not hurt them in 2020, but they are not smart enough to take the hit now. They will do what is best for them, which eventually satisfies the voters. Democracy is safe.
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