MSNBC: Deadline White House
4/25/2024 9:56pm
... time with us. ari's book is called 'minority rule, the right-wing attack on the will of the people and the fight to resist it.' it is out right now. we will be right back. ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
4/25/2024 9:54pm
... suppression, this fight against election subversion is the fight of our times. it is not necessarily the fight that everyone in their audience would pick but it is the fight they had. if we don't defeat authoritarianism, if we don't defeat minority rule, if we are ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
4/25/2024 9:50pm
... and dark money and the rigging of the courts to try to maintain power despite being a minority faction. it talks about the fight back against minority rule and how we need to build a vibrant, pro-democracy movement in the country. on the federal level and state level. movement in this country on ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
4/25/2024 9:50pm
... we are back. ari, tell us about the book. the book is called 'minority rule.' what it does is it talks about threats to democracy we face. it tries to give historical ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
4/25/2024 9:46pm
... we have taken over all things. changed laws. that was the first thing, change the laws. they are trying to succeed where they failed and make their authoritarianism make their minority rule impossible to ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
4/24/2024 8:00am
... preserve democracy or not, over and over americans say they want to preserve it. the book is called minority rule, is fantastic and i suggest you check it out. it is out today. thanks so much. glad that is all in on this tuesday night. alex wagner start right now. ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
4/24/2024 8:00am
... itself is very popular when the choice is do we want to preserve democracy or not, over and over americans say they want to preserve it. the book is called minority rule, is fantastic and i suggest you check it out. it is out today. ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
4/24/2024 8:00am
... change. have been very successful so all these incidences of minority rule of the book but there is a happy ending, since that in states like wisconsin, like michigan people have worked on the level to expand democracy. what you realize is democracy ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
4/24/2024 7:55am
... we will, i tried to tell the history of minority rule in my book and i trace it all the way back to the founding, because the founding fathers created these very anti-democratic institution, the electoral college, the u.s. senate even though these institutions are democratized they still violate ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
4/24/2024 7:54am
... republican presidents who lost the popular vote and confirmed by senators represented americans, playwright, that super majority itself is the product of those. exactly, the supreme court that was the product of minority rule then institutionalized by minority rule by overturning roe v wade pick ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
4/24/2024 7:53am
... national voter right correspondent his new book out today, minority rule, the right attack on the rule of the people, the fight to resistance is out right now. fantastic piece of work. sort of a unified theory of a ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
4/24/2024 1:00am
... democracy itself is very popular, when the choice facing americans is do we preserve democracy or not, americans say over and over they want to preserve it. minority rule, it's fantastic, check it out today. ari berman, thank you. alex wagner tonight starts ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
4/24/2024 1:00am
... democracy itself is very popular, when the choice facing americans is do we preserve democracy or not, americans say over and over they want to preserve it. minority rule, it's fantastic, check it out today. ari berman, thank you. alex wagner tonight starts ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
4/24/2024 1:00am
... michigan where the system was really rigged activists have worked on the state level to try and change the system, and they've been successful. these instances of minority rule, but there's a happy ending where wisconsin, like michigan, people worked on a little to expand democracy. ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
4/24/2024 1:00am
... michigan where the system was really rigged activists have worked on the state level to try and change the system, and they've been successful. these instances of minority rule, but there's a happy ending where wisconsin, like michigan, people worked on a little to expand democracy. ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
4/24/2024 1:00am
... majority institutions? there's no question the push for minority rule has led for majority rule, this backlash to protect american democracy, and it's accelerated in recent years, in wisconsin and ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
4/24/2024 1:00am
... majority institutions? there's no question the push for minority rule has led for majority rule, this backlash to protect american democracy, and it's accelerated in recent years, in wisconsin and ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
4/24/2024 0:56am
... seems that has been quickening at this moment. where do you see the beginning? i try to tell the history of minority rule in my book, and i trace it to the founding, because the founding fathers created these antidemocratic institutions, electoral college, u.s. senate, democratized, but they violate ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
4/24/2024 0:54am
... americans-- that super majority itself is the product. that's right, a product of minority rule then by overturning roe v. wade. something that was super unpopular, 70% of americans disagree with. what we see is the republican party has these unpopular positions on things like ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
4/24/2024 0:53am
... today, minority rule the right- wing attack on the will of the people and the fight to resist it is out right now. it's a fantastic piece of work, sort of a unified theory. i think, of a lot of the politics of the moment. let's begin with abortion. ...
MSNBC: The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle
3/26/2024 6:37am
... governing caucus. you know, this is part of a minority rule phenomenon here. you know, most americans support funding the government. they don't want to shut down. most americans, more than not, support funding ukraine. and there is still this sort of element of republican politics ...
MSNBC: The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle
3/26/2024 3:37am
... it's a non-governing caucus. this is part of a minority rule phenomenon. most americans support funding. most americans, more than not, support funding ukraine and yet ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
12/27/2023 8:22am
... through minority rule. so you see this glaringly in ohio, where first they were going to pass the referendum that was going to inch rain range we're borscht in the constitution, they tried to ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
12/27/2023 1:23am
... people get a lot going on in their lives. you have to draw a link not just between having a rights stripped away by a corrupt court but the way that they keep abortion illegal is through minority rule. so you see this glaringly in ...
MSNBC: Velshi
12/16/2023 4:00pm
... electorate and the makeup of the senate where you have the small states that are hugely disproportionate, and so minority rule is a requirement of abortion bans because as we ...
MSNBC: Velshi
12/16/2023 3:59pm
... said this over know very, again if you think about the biggest crisis in american politics as being minority rule in the failure of democracy and various steps that the rate has taken to restrict voting, to ...
MSNBC: The Sunday Show With Jonathan Capehart
12/10/2023 2:15pm
... tests is will america continue down the road of minority rule? the only way to do that is be a tremendous turnout to stop this. yes, we're going to talk more about speaker johnson as ...
CNN: The Amanpour Hour
12/9/2023 4:48pm
... years since nelson mandela's death. he was elected to south africa's first black president, after more than 27 years in prison, for fighting apartheid. decades of brutal white minority rule. around the world, mandela is viewed as a moral compass, a ...
MSNBC: Love the Constitution
11/26/2023 4:54am
... that wouldn't be a problem for us if we just had majority rule in america. but in the gop, they're manipulating every anti-democratic lever of power there is in order to entrench minority rule against the majority. ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
11/3/2023 7:05am
... apparatus around him, similarly committed to minority rule, where states like wisconsin, north carolina, ohio and others, using their power to gerrymander themselves into a position where they can ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
11/3/2023 0:05am
... despite losing an election in any other sense. the larger republican party apparatus around him, similarly committed to minority rule, where states like wisconsin, north carolina, ohio and others, using their power to gerrymander themselves into a position where they can override the will of their ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe
10/24/2023 11:22am
... minority rule phenomenon. i think it's extraordinarily toxic to a civil debate. the idea of compromise, i mean, at the root of democracy is what? you have to be willing to lose. you have to be willing to admit you were wrong, which is the ...
MSNBC: The Mehdi Hasan Show
10/2/2023 3:04am
... daniel ziegler and steve lewinsky explain and that tyranny of the minority, they explained on the show a couple weeks ago, minority rule has become the norm within american politics, especially on capitol hill. every point of the legislative ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
10/2/2023 0:40am
... book is what played out to some extent in these last several days and heading up right to the brinks after government shutdown. what was your sense of things as you saw all of this unfold? yeah, we are -- it feels like we are sliding into minority ...
MSNBC: The Mehdi Hasan Show
10/2/2023 0:04am
... daniel ziegler and steve lewinsky explain and that tyranny of the minority, they explained on the show a couple weeks ago, minority rule has become the norm within american politics, especially on capitol hill. every point of the legislative process. minorities are able to block, ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
9/29/2023 7:13am
... that literally wants to control the entire function of the government of the united states in their own interests, and they are willing to throw minority rule and favor of the vast majority of the people. they are willing to take week ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
9/29/2023 0:13am
... ultimately, donald trump. that is a rule this faction that literally wants to control the entire function of the government of the united states in their own interests, and they are willing to throw minority rule and favor of the ...
MSNBC: Andrea Mitchell Reports
9/26/2023 4:16pm
... great scramble there, ali. it's minority rule among house republicans, ryan. the speaker facing a dilemma. he is trying to save his job. he is trying to keep the government open. i'm not sure which is more important to him right now. where do things stand? reporter: ali raises an ...
MSNBC: The Mehdi Hasan Show
9/18/2023 0:09am
... the book the tyranny of minority rule. we have a whole bunch of people, mainly republicans, not just republicans, who believe that's a good thing. they say the founders in what the united states to be a democracy. they don't want majority or mob rule. they wanted a republic. can you refute the ...
MSNBC: The Mehdi Hasan Show
9/18/2023 0:07am
... of our political system. they point out how instances of minority rule are growing more frequent. they make this rather startling point. imagine, they, write an american born in 1980 who first voted in 1998 or 2000. the democrats would have won ...
MSNBC: The Mehdi Hasan Show
9/18/2023 0:06am
... democratic party counterparts. the place like, wisconsin they need those gerrymandered maps just to stay in charge in the state legislature. the republican party's entire strategy for continued existence is a defense of minority rule. what harvard university ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/17/2023 2:34am
... republicans isn't as straightforward as it seems. attacks on representation and personal freedom, the hyper gerrymandering of legislatures to preserve and perpetuate minority rule, and the attempts to limit or restrict the bodily ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
9/16/2023 9:36pm
... it died. minority rule was protected there, i guess. finally, daniel, one last question to you, what do you say to critics out there who might, you know, put forward the argument that in some cases, you need to have the power of the minority protected. ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
9/16/2023 9:28pm
... they believe america's democracy is being attacked from within. they argue the country lags dangerously behind other modern democracies, and issues like january 6th, but also because it hasn't taken any steps to elimina eliminate minority rule, and that they say, has allowed ...
MSNBC: The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle
9/16/2023 6:12am
... to cut spending, and has this very minority rule -- hold on. are we even going to still say libertarian when we talk about the freedom caucus? because the whole idea is small government, small government, and last i checked what they're looking to do, in terms of controlling my body, our books, ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/16/2023 5:34am
... gerrymandering of legislatures to preserve and perpetuate minority rule, and the attempts to limit or restrict the bodily autonomy of women and other americans have operated within the lines drawn the by the ...
MSNBC: The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle
9/16/2023 3:12am
... yeah, i think that what we see, and we've seen this with republicans traditionally and for a long time now, is for example the freedom caucus is very right wing, libertarian group in congress that wants to shut down the government, wants to cut spending, and has this very minority rule -- _ ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/16/2023 2:34am
... to preserve and perpetuate minority rule and the attempts to limit or restrict the bodily autonomy of women and other americans, have operated with in the lines drawn by the constitution, unimpeded or even ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
9/13/2023 8:55am
... nominating three justices confirmed by a senate not reflecting a majority of voters and a supreme court not reflecting a 6-3 majority. we see this, this is essentially minority rule. this is where the title of our ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
9/13/2023 8:50am
... ex-president who has never won the popular vote, they are all have a strong reminder just how pervasive minority rule is in this country and just how far that minority is willing to go to maintain power. as harvard professors write in ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
9/13/2023 4:55am
... and so we see this -- this is essentially minority rule. and this is where the title of our book comes from. and then the question is, okay, what do we do about it and how do we fix it? i did not know until your book came along that richard nixon actually wanted to do away with the electoral ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
9/13/2023 4:49am
... the supreme court, all in service to an ex president who has never won the popular vote. all a very strong reminder of just how pervasive minority rule actually is in this country, and just how far that minority is willing to go to maintain power. as harvard government ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
9/13/2023 1:55am
... not reflecting anything that the majority of american voters want. and so we see this -- this is essentially minority rule. and this is where the title of our book comes from. and then the question is, okay, what do we do about it and how do we fix it? i did not know until your book came along that ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
9/13/2023 1:50am
... service to an ex president who has never won the popular vote. for all, a very strong reminder of just how pervasive minority rule actually is in this country, and just how far that minority is willing to go to maintain power. as harvard government professor ...
CNN: Anderson Cooper 360
9/13/2023 0:46am
... create the supreme court -- the conservative supreme court majority we see now. that -- i can't think of another term other than minority rule. so to someone listening to this who hears you and thinks, well, these guys want to change the constitution to protect ...
CNN: Anderson Cooper 360
9/13/2023 0:46am
... since 1988, and yet the republican party has controlled the presidency for nearly half the time. that is minority rule. 2016 just to be a little more concrete. the democrats won the popular vote for presidency. ...
MSNBC: The ReidOut
9/5/2023 11:41pm
... continue to throw up. and cornell, you're completely right. republican party currently is becoming uncomfortably comfortable with minority rule. and that's a situation that we're dealing with in alabama right now. as we noted, they came forward with a map that they were unable ...
MSNBC: The Katie Phang Show
8/27/2023 1:33pm
... implement a government that operates on minority rule. that's why we see things like the book ban, which you don't even need to be apparent to petition, and to have a book taken off the shelves and a school. you can just be anybody. they've wised up to the fact ...
CNN: CNN News Central
8/9/2023 7:21pm
... effect minority rule. i wonder if you think that is a unifying message, a bipartisan message, the one you pursued, about preserving rights? i think so. ...
MSNBC: The ReidOut
8/8/2023 11:25pm
... we see rampant arrogance and we see them wanting to rig the game and strip voters of the power that we've had for 111 years. melissa murray, david dewitt described it as an attempt to impose minority rule and that's ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
8/7/2023 9:41pm
... amounting to the same thing, which is minority rule over the majority, and silencing voters because they know. they know what the polls are telling them. and i just want to say a the will bit about what's at stake, although molly can do this even ...
MSNBC: Velshi
8/6/2023 2:34pm
... may have an artificial majority on august 8th only, because they get their vote out and we are not paying attention, they will succeed in locking minority rule for all in the rest of our lifetime, and yours as well so anything you can do to help, it is hugely helpful. ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
8/5/2023 5:47am
... victories without getting the majority of the votes, actually advocating for minority rule is new at the presidential level. but there are many regular ways that republicans have tried to force minority rule. there's a big fight about that right now in ohio. ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
8/5/2023 2:48am
... force minority rule. there's a big fight about that right now in ohio. in four days, ohio voters will decide whether to pass a republican backed ballot measure known as if you wanted that would make it harder to amend ohio's constitution. ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
8/5/2023 2:48am
... and while our electoral college system does seem to encourage republican presidential victories without getting the majority of the votes, actually advocating for minority rule is new after the presidential level. but there are many regular ways that republicans have tried to ...
MSNBC: The ReidOut
7/5/2023 11:58pm
... numbers, it's pretty clear. what is happening with the supreme court, this is all the reverberation of what donald trump did, right? the damage he did is incalculable, and they are speaking for a minority of americans. this is minority rule. ...
MSNBC: Love the Constitution
7/5/2023 1:54am
... that wouldn't be a problem for us if we just had majority rule in america. but in the gop, they're manipulating every anti-democratic lever of power there is in order to entrench minority rule against the majority. ...
MSNBC: The ReidOut
6/23/2023 11:07pm
... minority rule. democracy in most parts of america is the enemy of these bans. and so you see the anti-abortion movement trying to invalidate referendum, make referendums harder to pass. you see gerrymandering states to ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
5/25/2023 5:43am
... so, what are they doing? they're trying to morph government in a way where it can be set up for minority rule situation. and that book banning is really a microcosm of that. i just want to stress this point, of course, it does not ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
5/25/2023 5:43am
... that is a minority rule situation, that's what's going on with the republican party right now, they know that they have lost a complete generation of voters, gen z that voted over 70% for democrats in the midterms. ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
5/25/2023 2:43am
... have lost a complete generation of voters, gen z that voted over 70% for democrats in the midterms. so, what are they doing? they're trying to morph government in a way where it can be set up for minority rule situation. and that book banning is really ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
5/25/2023 2:43am
... set in place, one parent, and not even a parent, any person in the community, can essentially submit a foreman have a book taken off the shelves of any public school. that is a minority rule situation, that's what's going on with the republican party right now, they know that they ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
5/18/2023 9:30pm
... system that they can do foul things without many repercussions because they have minority rule. i mean, claire, this show came to your state before it showed its ugly head in florida. your thoughts. ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
4/21/2023 8:05am
... broadly popular with the american people, but republicans are pushing them anyway, and they're giving themselves new powers to expand and cement minority rule in the process the question now is how do americans fight back against a ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe
4/12/2023 1:28pm
... dependen dep dependent on this. they are staring down a death ray with crushing defeat unless they change the rules to keep minority rule. molly, this is something we have been talking about over the last ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
4/11/2023 9:35pm
... crushing defeat unless that is they change the rules and keep minority rule. ties together everything you said i need you guys to stick around a little longer because when we come back, new pressure is being applied by senate democrats to crack down on a blossoming ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
4/10/2023 8:46pm
... and care about their future and work on the issues of our time they know this they're getting ready and doing everything they can to be able to govern in a minority rule situation. that's why we see people like ...
MSNBC: Velshi
4/8/2023 3:53pm
... combination, a pent up frustration and anger as wel as hope on the progressive side 12 years, essentially, o minority rule. i think the gerrymandering was a really key piece of he election and the margin of her election ...
MSNBC: The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart
4/8/2023 1:04pm
... you know what else majority of americans want stricter gun laws. just as lincoln warned, an unsustainable minority rule, vice harris to cry the erosion of democracy and the silencing of lawmakers giving voice to ...
MSNBC: The ReidOut
4/7/2023 11:18pm
... years after the fact challenge a decision by the fda. this is minority rule, everyone this is why you vote except when you vote, they just expel the people that you voted for. this is minority rule. this is a seizure of democracy, ...
MSNBC: The Beat With Ari Melber
4/7/2023 11:00pm
... we are following two major stories tonight on the right's minority rule attack on democracy. good evening welcome to 'the reidout. right now, vice president kamala harris is speaking in tennessee after meeting this afternoon with the tennessee three, and ...
MSNBC: The ReidOut
4/7/2023 11:00pm
... minority rule attack on democracy. good evening welcome to 'the reidout. right now, vice president kamala harris is speaking in tennessee after meeting this afternoon with the tennessee three, and we're going to get to that in a moment but first, in just the last hour, we got breaking news out ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
4/6/2023 9:40pm
... we want american history to be taught but republicans because they still hold so much power and because so much people vote their political jersey rather than their interests, they are able to hold the minority rule ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
4/6/2023 8:40am
... include more rural, conservative areas in order to water down democratic votes it is a crystal clear example of the way that republicans have broken democracy to cement minority rule. but that may all be about to ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
4/6/2023 4:40am
... conservative areas in order to watertown democratic votes the crystal clear example of the way the republicans have broken democracy to cement minority rule. that might all be about to change last night, wisconsin voters turned out in huge numbers t ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
4/6/2023 1:41am
... include more rural conservative areas in order to watertown democratic votes the crystal clear example of the way the republicans have broken democracy to cement minority rule. that might all be about to ...
MSNBC: The ReidOut
4/5/2023 11:02pm
... the judge juan merchan and their families big breakthrough in wisconsin. but the challenge to democracy remains very real with republicans pushing minority rule and we begin with defendant ...
MSNBC: The ReidOut
4/3/2023 11:58pm
... radiate outside of wisconsin i 2024 well, yes, like you said, wisconsin has been a pioneer i minority rule, both after scot walker was elected, there was set of extremely gerrymandered maps now they have since adopte even more gerrymandered maps b ...
MSNBC: The ReidOut
4/3/2023 11:58pm
... of the things i got out of you piece, is, i mean, the gerrymandering of wisconsi from scott walker on, ha really created minority rule i the state. you know, the states majorit is overwhelmingly in favor o abortion being illegal they can't have that with supreme court. the gerrymandering means tha ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
2/25/2023 5:16am
... who is willing to enact it and sign it. again, you are exactly right. this is an episode of minority rule. there is mitchell therrien support in every state in the union, even red states for abortion rights, they may defer to the substance, and they believe the constitution should ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
2/25/2023 2:16am
... republicans get control of congress that the next election, they will surely be -- the question will be whether there is a president and blaze who is willing to enact it and sign it. again, you are exactly right. this is an episode of minority rule. there is mitchell therrien ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
1/24/2023 6:29am
... its name is ribbon guy go. last week, while arizona senator kirsten sinema was entertaining the richest people in the world at a panel discussion in switzerland, where she praised the minority ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
1/24/2023 3:29am
... while arizona sinema -- was entertaining the richest people in the world, at a panel election in spitz switzerland, where she praised the minority rule in the united states senate preserved by the ...
MSNBC: The Beat With Ari Melber
1/19/2023 11:34pm
... minority rule. and while i mention that sometimes both parties have done this, to be clear, it is the republican party both in michigan and in the electoral college that is having trouble building majorities and is leaning into these sometimes legal but very unfair types of ...
MSNBC: Love the Constitution
1/9/2023 4:53am
... there is, in order to intrench minority rule against the majority. and that's the struggle in the country today. ...
MSNBC: Ayman
1/8/2023 1:06am
... republican democracy is exercised. the republican party is the party of minority rule. that is what we have seen in this beaker fight. look, i don't see how anybody confirmed this as a victory for mccarthy, unless he is prepared ...
CNN: Anderson Cooper 360
1/5/2023 6:09am
... here. think of it at this point, it really is the republican party that you have the so-called rebels within, and the idea of thinking within the minority rule playing out. you really are seeing this in realtime. we even had former ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
1/5/2023 3:09am
... take a step back on this point because it really is the republican party, right? then you have got the so-called rebels within and the idea of thinking about the minority rule playing out. you are really seeing this in realtime, the idea that we even had former congressman adam ...
MSNBC: Love the Constitution
1/1/2023 4:54am
... essentially, they're willing to go along with whatever donald trump says. that wouldn't be a problem for us, if we just had the majority rule in america. but in the gop, they're manipulating every anti-democratic lever of power there is, in order to intrench minority rule against the majority. and ...
MSNBC: Velshi
12/31/2022 1:29pm
... rise of this radicalized and weaponize movement that is the gop, that is not interested in democracy but minority rule, and rule by any means necessary. donald trump is still the leader of the party, like you mentioned in the top, majority of republican elected officials ...