What mandate did the Republicans win in the last election??

[kentuck]

They campaigned on the repeal of "Obamacare" and they lost the Presidency. They were predicted to win seats in the Senate. They actually lost a couple of seats in the Senate. Even though they maintained control of the House, they did not win the majority of the votes cast. They were out-voted by over a million votes nationwide. They lost seats in the House but kept control only because they had gerrymandered their districts into districts that looked like snakes crawling up a post...

So they had no mandate to do anything. But they held possession of the majority in the House and, to them, possession is 99% of the law.

It's good to remember that they "won" nothing in the last election.

[2naSalit]

1. THat they lost!

And were it not for the way they've rigged redistricting... THEY LOST by popular vote! That's their mandate.

The fact that not only are they sore losers, they are now saboteurs of our government as well because they LOST!

Assbites.

[gopiscrap]

2. Absolutely none that I know of!

[Orsino]

3. The gerrymandate.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Ayuh!

[Barack_America]

4. Not the Republicans, the Tea Party.

The mandate occurred within the Republican Party, when it was proven that the combination of extreme gerrymandering and Citizens United could successfully elect right-wing radicals.

[Scuba]

6. They were mandated to sit down and shut up. As usual, they don't think the rules apply to them.

[LiberalEsto]

7. They won the mandate to STFU

and to Get Over It.