Amen, brother!
I didn’t get the 17th Amendment thing at first, because I never looked into it, and now that I see how the founding fathers had originally set it up, it makes perfect sense. Why the hell did they ever change that!?
Why the hell did they ever change that!?
For the sake of political advantage, if all of Congress is taken care of by popular vote, it’s easy to take control of Congress using sway, and of course, Senators that keep getting re-elected just for being the same old guys.
The best tool to destroy the republic and concentrate more power in Washington was the repeal of the 17th amendment. If state legislature selected senators the R’s would be at almost 60 right now.