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In reply to the discussion: What would happen if Hillary were to loudly and often start to voice how she was cheated, which she [View all]Caliman73
(11,767 posts)Silence is not consent in this matter. Silence is a strategy. If you go out harping on how you were "cheated" without clear indication of wrong doing, and by clear I mean, convictions in a court of law clear, then you are setting yourself up as just being a sore loser. I agree with the other posters who said that Hillary and Obama are playing the cards they have on this. Hillary is on the periphery, talking about issues, including the election, and Obama is back to work trying to strengthen the Democratic Party. She will be in a position to make serious trouble for Trump and the GOP as the evidence becomes more clear.
As for amendments to the Constitution, it require approval of a proposal by 2/3rds of Both houses of Congress or by 2/3rds of the State legislatures in the country. Then it requires ratification by 3/4 of the State legislatures. Right now Republicans have control of the House by 47 votes and the Senate by 4 seats, 6 if you don't count the independent Senators who tend to caucus with Democrats. No amendments will be proposed in this current legislature. If by some miracle they did get proposed and passed, the would need 38 of the 50 states (of which Republicans fully control 31).
We, who support Hillary and the Democratic Party, have a very good sense, and there is some evidence suggesting that the election was illegitimate, but we do not have the kind of proof that is required to drop a legal and political bombshell of this proportion. Clinton, Obama, and the Democrats are doing what they should be doing, which is calling for allowing investigations to continue, and waiting until sufficient evidence is presented. There is only one shot as something as big as calling out an administration for election fraud and conspiring with a foreign power to subvert democracy.