I’m waiting for them to outlaw the Democratic party, period.
We’re way past demonization of the opposition and lies about their agenda and their accomplishments. Now we’re seeing attacks on FBI members for possibly voting Democratic, or working with someone who represented or donated money to the Democratic party. The implication is that they cannot possibly be, or sympathize with, Democratic ideas without being some sort of low-level traitor. And the base eats this up.
Think I am paranoid? That this isn’t legal, or possible? I used to think so too. Not anymore. With voter suppression, gerrymandering, and all the other shenanigans it’s clear to me they will use any means to hang onto power. Legality doesn’t even enter into it anymore. All they’d need to do is come up with some tortured definition of a political party, some bizarre or strictly defined criteria (“All political parties must start with R and end in N and have ten letters and have been in existence since before 1900”) that applies only to the Republicans, and ram it through both houses. Boom, problem solved. No more Democratic party. You’re either with the Republicans or you’re out in the cold.
Then we have one ruling party controlling all branches of govt, which will allow the president to direct all government agencies as he sees fit, and his cronies to profit. Just like Russia.