Another I-can't-believe-we're-even-debating-this moment.
"The 'mandate of the electorate' permits us to brazenly violate the Constitution" would be a dangerously stupid argument from the Reagan administration after he won by 18 points in 1984 (and they wouldn't have made it).
Trump won by 1.5.
"The 'mandate of the electorate' permits us to brazenly violate the Constitution" would be a dangerously stupid argument from the Reagan administration after he won by 18 points in 1984 (and they wouldn't have made it).
Trump won by 1.5.
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He was elected with a plurality.
Since 1988, a Republican has gotten the majority of the popular vote only once (2004).
In three elections, Trump has never received a majority of the popular vote.
If the voters can give mandates, they don't give them to Republicans.
https://freepress.org/article/convicted-trumputin-consigliere-paul-manafort-linked-ohios-stolen-2004-election
@democracynow.org did an interview in 2005 with 2 people with opposing views about whether or not 2004 was fixed. So much has happened since then, it's hard to remember how dystopian & fascist things already were then:
https://www.democracynow.org/2005/11/4/was_the_2004_election_stolen_a
"How miserable it must be to genuinely believe scientists, historians, and journalists have spent their entire lives lying to you, yet a reality TV celebrity with decades of fraud and thoroughly documented dishonesty is your sole source of truth."