Nicholas Giordano, professor of political science at Suffolk Community College (Stanford, California) says it’s typical Democrat logic: " ‘In order to save the Republic, in order to save democracy, we must destroy it — we must get rid of the filibuster; we must change the way the Senate operates; we have to change the way elections are held and federalize those elections; we have to add justices to the Supreme Court; we have to disqualify hundreds of Republicans from running for office.’ "
He also criticized Republican silence on the issue, which he described as “really frightening".
"They want to import the war on terror — the tools that we use in the war on terror — to be used against American citizens. They keep on talking about these organizations that are such a threat to democracy. Well then put out their names. What are they capable of? Why are they such a threat? Explain it to us.
But they haven’t done it. Instead, they use vague terminology. They use these vague threats and they want to make it as open-ended as possible because that’s what allows them to target their political opponents.”