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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Fri Sep 18, 2020, 11:59 PM Sep 2020

Here is a particularly bitter irony: Donald Trump, who lost the popular vote in 2016 by nearly

3 million, is about to nominate an extreme right wing conservative to the SCOTUS and we are fearful that that nominee will be confirmed by the Senate Republican majority which received 12 million fewer votes than the Democratic minority.

And, we in the majority will be expected to quietly accept the transparent injustice and hope that maybe somehow "democracy" will one day again mean "rule by the majority".

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Here is a particularly bitter irony: Donald Trump, who lost the popular vote in 2016 by nearly (Original Post) Atticus Sep 2020 OP

I personally think we're into "taxation without representation"-type territory.... Sogo Sep 2020 #1

Heads they win, tails we lose. chriscan64 Sep 2020 #2

And together they will have chosen 1/3 of the Supreme Court Justces Sucha NastyWoman Sep 2020 #3

Sogo

(4,986 posts)

1. I personally think we're into "taxation without representation"-type territory....

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Sat Sep 19, 2020, 12:02 AM

Sep 2020

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)

2. Heads they win, tails we lose.

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Sat Sep 19, 2020, 12:06 AM

Sep 2020

This may not be a technically true fact, but it feels like the Democrats need 60 Senators to move Flag Day back one day, but the republicans can cut taxes for the wealthy or install justices with 50 and a vice president.

Sucha NastyWoman

(2,748 posts)

3. And together they will have chosen 1/3 of the Supreme Court Justces

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Sat Sep 19, 2020, 12:15 AM

Sep 2020

And their 1/3 is younger than the other 2/3

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