If the timid men who control our Legislature — for now — are allowed to attack the infrastructure of democracy in Wisconsin, the liberty of the people to choose their leaders and their judges will be every bit as threatened as Jefferson feared.

Evers may be the governor-elect, but he will only control one part of state government. That has consequences, too.

On November 6, Wisconsin voters chose change. Wisconsin Republicans lost every statewide office on the ballot. However, Wisconsin GOP politicians have decided to disrespect voters.

There are special circumstances in Wisconsin that led to this deformed legislative effort to reduce or reverse the results of the 2018 election. But perhaps we are a prelude – and a warning – of what the GOP really intends everywhere beneath the surface. Rather than looking for ways to get things done for this country, too many are seeking to retain control or force their opinions about poverty and wealthy income on the unsuspecting public.

Sore losers and lame ducks are about to try to steal a Supreme Court seat, restrict voting in Wisconsin and subvert the will of the people expressed in the elections of Governor-elect Tony Evers and Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul.

They’re not just changing the rules in the middle of the game; they’re tossing the rules – – even the concepts of rules or reasonable permanence and tradition – – after they lost the game to allow themselves a tighter grip on the privileges of winning.

This week is going to be one of those very stark contrasts between the America we are recalling as we pay tribute to the life of former President George Herbert Walker Bush, and the one in which we now find ourselves.