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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts)
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 02:00 PM Dec 2016

LIVE NOW: Trump may be my new president but he is illegitimate in most of our eyes

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Trump may be my new president but he is illegitimate in most of our eyes

Today's Topic:
We are currently in a state of flux in America. We will be governed shortly by an undemocratically illegitimate president who is intent on effect massive changes. He has no mandate for those changes. In fact, most Americans voted for policies diametrically opposed to what he, through Paul Ryan is proposing.

It is imperative that all Americans understand he does not have the will of the people. We must keep that narrative because the media in normalizing Donald Trump will give the impression that he is effecting what he was elected for. Allowing him carte blanche is effectively acquiescing to fascism based on Trump's modus operandi.


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LIVE NOW: Trump may be my new president but he is illegitimate in most of our eyes (Original Post) egbertowillies Dec 2016 OP
Well, no J_William_Ryan Dec 2016 #1
He's nothing MFM008 Dec 2016 #2
Trump is not my President, my President doesn't take orders doc03 Dec 2016 #3

J_William_Ryan

(1,760 posts)
1. Well, no
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 02:16 PM
Dec 2016

“We will be governed shortly by an undemocratically illegitimate president…”

The United States isn’t a democracy; presidents are elected by the states, not the people.

“He has no mandate for those changes. In fact, most Americans voted for policies diametrically opposed to what he, through Paul Ryan is proposing.”

Correct.

The next administration does not reflect the will of the majority of the people, it indeed has no ‘mandate,’ and should govern accordingly, and not seek to pursue the reckless, irresponsible agenda advocated for by Republicans.

Whining about the popular vote is pointless and counterproductive; rather, opposition to the next administration should be pursued by making the appropriate argument to the American people that the Republican agenda is in fact wrong, where the people demand that members of Congress likewise oppose that agenda.

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