As a citizen of the United States and a student of history I can tell you that any time we have had one party rule at the state level in any state a lot freedom of speech for various groups of people and the aspirational promises of Constitution have been severely compromised under both currently existing parties. That said, I have great hope we can find more leaders at all levels willing to follow those aspirations instead of inventing or falsely embellishing tales of tyranny in an effort to stop us from achieving those aspirational goals for our country, and doing so equitably.