He Doesn’t Want to Sustain Democracy and Wants State Legislatures to Appoint Senators Again
I think that democratic element is great, but I really want to repeal the 17th Amendment and go back to the states appointing senators.
In Douglas Wilson’s own words: 1 quote from 2026, from Canon Press, cited to the source.
But I don't want to sustain our democracy. I want to get back to a republic... The founders, the word democracy would make them wake up in the middle of the night with the flop sweats, you know. They didn't, and they wanted to cordon off democracy in the House of Representatives. And I want that. I want that democratic element in the mix. I think that democratic element is great, but I really want to repeal the 17th Amendment and go back to the states appointing senators.