Ohio Republicans appear all but guaranteed to join the ranks of GOP lawmakers around the country, heeding President Donald Trump's call to rig congressional maps to give themselves extra seats — but Democrats may be hatching a plan to stop it, Punchbowl News reported on Monday.The issue stems from O...
Why call it a plot? And why is it hatched? These terms are usually used, at least in modern times, when describing bad actors. No?
Maybe I have the wrong impression/idea.
You’re absolutely right about the connotations here. “Plot hatched to thwart” is exactly what you’d say about a nefarious conspiracy.
In fact, plot hatched to thwart democracy is about how I’d sum up this administration.