CNN politics | Bannon case and stalled voting rights bill show how GOP has given up on democracy

(CNN) – George Washington’s nightmare is coming true.

Two disparate events this week — Steve Bannon’s willingness to risk criminal contempt of Congress to protect a twice-impeached former President and the GOP’s latest move in the Senate blocking efforts to guarantee the rights of all citizens to vote — are validating the first President’s fear that American democracy would founder on the rocks of partisan extremism.

While the American people are weary of the endless partisan fights bequeathed by Donald Trump’s presidency, they are caught in a seminal moment that will decide how America is governed now and for generations to come.  —read more—