State Legislatures Are Torching Democracy

“Ohio is about the second most gerrymandered statehouse in the country,” Niven told me. “It doesn’t have a voter base to support a total abortion ban, yet that’s a likely outcome.” He concluded, “Ohio has become the Hindenburg of democracy.”

The Zeppelin named for Paul von Hindenburg, the President of Germany who appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor, is really too overloaded a reference to be helpful here.