Lost in the 'not a mandate' discussion is the reminder that he gained his first presidency with the largest recorded loss. He was the biggest loser to steal the White House via the electoral college.
What’s the game plan with this argument? Who is this for? I’m unclear why the quality of Trump’s mandate matters in this situation.
Is there a secret mandate loophole?
It gets trotted out on cable & Congress to blunt objections made about the more extreme parts of Trump's agenda. I saw it used for deportations, tariffs, Matt Gaetz.
"How can you oppose Trump doing X when the American people gave him such a mandate? The people have spoken! They want this!"
Ok, so it’s not just personal therapy, It’s counter messaging. I don’t disagree with your assessment of the former MSM. I appreciate the explanation. I’m seeing a fair number of coping spirals, though understandable, it’s hard not to feel like one needs to wellness check every friendly.🥰
The thing about “woo hoo! Mandate!” is that avocados will be $8 and nobody will be here to fix their roof or pick their strawberries or mow their lawn then they’ll be thinking “wait, this isn’t what I thought would happen.”
The "mandate" discourse happens every 4 years and is always stupid because you never know in advance what people will sign onto. Ask a Republican if Joe Biden had a mandate in 2020 to do all the things he did. No. How do you know? Because Trump won in 2024. But there was no way to know that in 2020!
The problem is that under the US electoral system, Trump won. It’s very tempting to pick over the statistical scraps. What’s more valuable is to take stock and think about what to do next.
MAGAs believe they have a mandate because they won the majority of rural/suburban white voters, and to them those are the only voters who should count.
Yes, we definitely need to push back on their attempt to frame this as a mandate.
It looks like Trump didn't really increase his vote and his win is in large part thanks to an effective campaign to convince Dems to stay home using misinformation. The real question progressives need to ask is if they're willing to do what it takes to win in the new information age.
Trump being incabable of just 'taking a win'. He always has to exaggerate -- often taking things to farcical levels. No one should be surprised that he (and his supporters by extention) claims he won in a landslide.
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“It was the largest inaugural crowd in history! Period!”
Is there a secret mandate loophole?
"How can you oppose Trump doing X when the American people gave him such a mandate? The people have spoken! They want this!"
Some other pertinent data.
🔴 DJT - 23% of 🇺🇸
🔵 KDH - 22% of 🇺🇸
Political Party Share
⚪⚪⚪⚪⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ 42% (~103M)
🔴🔴🔴⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ 30% (~ 73M)
🔵🔵🔵⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ 26% (~ 63M)
U.S. Population
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 335M
U.S. Electorate
🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳 245M
Votes for President
✅✅✅✅✅ 156M
Votes for DJT
🔴🔴 77M
Votes for KDH
🔵🔵 75M
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It’s kinda funny how much this song about Reagan’s election and presidency reflects Trumps, but I guess Reagan walked so Trump could run
https://youtu.be/6JvpNY1QHzs?si=OqJWEl3Lf1DKuALb
Yes, we definitely need to push back on their attempt to frame this as a mandate.
But how different history would have been if Nixon hadn’t be elected in 1968.
Or, had been in 1960.
Look at the House races, the Senate races and the local races. The Democrats did fine down ticket.
We were torpedoed by The Biden’s hubris.
wow