(October 17, 2020 at 2:15 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(October 16, 2020 at 7:28 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: A point that probably should have become obvious four years ago when Trump won the Republican Party nomination with a campaign strategy that consisted solely of blatantly spouting racist bullshit and generally acting like a wrestling heel.
And it turns out the US does not have any checks or balances on presidential power.
The checks are there. It's just that those in power regard protecting their power as more important than enforcing those checks. The system is only as good as those who run it and those running ours are completely corrupt.
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