Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, putting it right in the party platform.

A resolution called for ending the ability to vote for U.S. senators. Instead, senators would get appointed by state legislatures, as it generally worked 110 years ago prior to the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913.

“We are devolving into a democracy, because congressmen and senators are elected by the same pool,” was how one GOP delegate put it to the convention. “We do not want to be a democracy.”

  • @PotentialProblem
    7•2 months ago

    Holy shit. If this article is legitimate these people are morons. Luckily the governor, state, and house are all democratic controlled.

    Jesus wept.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      4•2 months ago

      Oh, it’s legit all right, and yes these people are (evil) morons. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/apr/23/washington-state-republican-party-endorses-6-candi/

      Sue Kuehl Pederson picked up 86% of the convention votes and secured the party’s nomination for commissioner of public lands.

      Kuehl Pederson wants to make logging a more prominent part of the state’s economy.

      “Unfortunately, our timber industry, which was the backbone of our economy for at least a century … it went down the tubes,” Kuehl Pederson said in a speech Friday.

      Kuel Pederson, a former senior environmental analyst at Seattle City Light, said the state needs to get its power from a mix of resources. She said the state will experience power blackouts if it transitions completely away from hydroelectric power produced by dams.

      “You know, wind and solar are fine,” she said. “They make you feel good about, you know, clean air, but you can’t live off of it.”