Transition 2025: Did Trump Win an “Unprecedented and Powerful Mandate”?
Transition 2025: Did Trump Win an “Unprecedented and Powerful Mandate”?
Each Friday, I examine what is happening with President-Elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Donald Trump’s victory was closer, and his mandate less impressive, than Electio…
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Every night with Elon is a man date...
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With someone that was un-presidented
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Well played😂
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He won less than fifty percent of the vote. That's not a fucking mandate. It's a close win.
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His mandate derives from the republican majority control of the house, senate, presidency, supreme court, governorships, and state legislatures. Popular vote is a narrow and deceptive way to understand a mandate. We're basically arguing here about whether he should feel good about being able to do what he wants. Frankly, I don't think he cares.
No rational person thinks he can't do what he wants. We're all just left debating whether he should and how he should feel about it, which is largely inconsequential and a really sad and pointless conversation to be having.
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No
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Well, does a "powerful" enough Mandate give them permission to break or ignore laws?
Legally no. In realty... good I hope not.
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No. With over 150,000,000 votes cast he won by about 2,500,000 votes.
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No he did not. No need to read
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Doesn't matter, he'll still claim it was the biggest win ever. And Republicans will govern like it's true.
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