Mother Jones
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In red states across the country, legislatures and governors are moving to curb the power of blue municipalities and other institutions that don’t fall in line.
These crackdowns are part of a broader story in national politics that has gained new traction in the Trump era to cast liberal governance, and Democratic dissent, as illegitimate.
Frida Ghitis: Texas lawmakers are trying to delegitimize local authority.
She says they're trying to disenfranchise the electorate in states like Ohio, Florida, Missouri and Texas.
Ghitis says D.C. is the extreme example that clarifies the relationship between conservative governance and blue, urban constituencies.
Florida Gov. DeSantis has spent the last year trying to strip Disney of its special tax status and self-governance powers.
He has fired a democratically elected district attorney from Tampa, who had told constituents he would not prosecute anyone for seeking an abortion.
In Tennessee, the legislature has worked to curb the authority of blue cities, and it has manipulated the democratic process to silence them.
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