A common talking point among far-right Republicans is: “America is a republic, not a democracy.” John Wahl, chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, repeated that claim during an early July appearance on radio host Jeff Poor’s show. But Alabama-based journalist Kyle Whitmire, in an op-ed published by AL.com on July 10, lays out some reasons why that GOP talking point is both a “silly argument” and disingenuous. Wahl told Poor, “The mainstream media wants us to think of ourselves as a democracy because that leads to socialism…. We, as a party, have allowed this to happen. If you go back and yo…