(September 17, 2024 at 1:00 pm)Ivan Denisovich Wrote:(September 17, 2024 at 11:50 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Back when Trump beat Hillary you could have knocked me over with a feather. Not that I thought Hillary was a great choice, but because I thought people would not elect Trump to the office. I went to bed before all the votes were in and woke up the next morning and read the news and wanted to throw up.
Now I know not to be so certain that this buffoon can't do it again.
This whole election makes me queasy.
People didn't elect trump to the office, he clearly lost and if will of the people would be respected then it would be reflected by him becoming just another loser. At least from my pov he was handed power by some shady group no matter how legitimate EC is in Americans view.
Your POV is wrong. There was no ‘shady group’ involved. Trump was handed power based on the rules laid down in the US Constitution. Outmoded rules that no longer fulfill their original function, to be sure, but rules just the same.
If Trump had been denied the Presidency after winning the EC, that would have been unconstitutional. The American Founders never intended for their new country to be ruled by ‘the will of the people’.
Boru
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