As reported in the Seattle Times, the Washington State Republican Convention in April 2024 “called for an end to all mail-in voting.” And it approved this resolution: “We oppose legislation which makes our nation more democratic in nature.”
Then in May, from reporting in the Centralia Chronicle, the Washington State Party and Mainstream Republicans of Washington filed a suit to prevent the attorney general from disclosing the potential financial impact of three ballot initiatives that would reduce state revenue by billions—money earmarked for public education and climate projects.
The national Republican Party approves the Supreme Court ruling in Roe vs Wade ending a woman’s constitutional right for reproductive freedom. They also oppose IVF procedures and contraception medications. They support Project 2025 plan to put into effect if their candidate Trump gets elected. BBC News explains a few key items on that agenda:
1. Proposes the entire federal bureaucracy, including independent agencies like the Justice Department, be placed under direct presidential control.
2. Eliminate Civil Service-qualified selection and protections for thousands of federal workers who then would be replaced with political appointees (therefore loyal to the president, not the country).
3. A drastic overhaul of the FBI and elimination of the Department of Education.
4. Slash federal money for research and investment in renewable energy and carbon-reduction goals.
With the Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices recently ruling the president has “absolute immunity” for “official acts” in office, this gives a Republican president the power he needs to implement Project 2025 and behave as a dictator, above legal accountability.
Where are you, a citizen voter, in the Republican plan of limiting democracy, ending reproductive freedom, living under authoritarian power? Left out of the picture, unless we use our most powerful tool—our vote.
There is a party that supports reproductive rights, addresses climate change, builds new infrastructure, creates new jobs, protects Social Security and Medicare, and believes in the rule of law—the Democratic Party. Use your vote for your freedoms, economic opportunity, security, and continuing our Constitutional government.
It’s not a partisan choice. Stop Trump and Project 2025: Vote for Harris/Walz for President/Vice-President; vote for Democrats up and down the ballot.