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| Trump wins electoral college amid nationwide protests | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 20 2016, 10:18 AM (828 Views) | |
| mysysail | Dec 20 2016, 10:18 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38374749 |
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| mysysail | Dec 20 2016, 10:20 AM Post #2 |
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The US electoral college has certified Donald Trump as the 45th president, despite a last-ditch effort to deny him the White House. Six weeks after winning the polls, the Republican cruised past the 270 votes needed to formalise his victory. After the result, Mr Trump promised to "work hard to unite our country and be the president of all Americans". Electors had been flooded with emails and phone calls urging them not to support the billionaire. But despite longshot liberal hopes of a revolt by Republican electors, only two - from Texas - ended up voting against him. 'No treason, no Trump!' |
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| mysysail | Dec 20 2016, 10:25 AM Post #3 |
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[...] Numerically, Mr Trump's opponents never stood much chance. To keep him out of the Oval Office, 38 Republican electors would have had to defect. |
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| George Aligator | Dec 20 2016, 10:29 AM Post #4 |
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Relief is on the way: http://www.nationalpopularvote.com The EC is designed to ensure that black populations don't count as much as whites. It is still working after more than two centuries. It also disenfranchises Republicans in New York and Democrats in Texas, as well as making sure that possum ranchers in Wyoming are three or four times as powerful as software engineers in California. This is called American Constitutional democracy. God bless America
Edited by George Aligator, Dec 20 2016, 10:29 AM.
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| Conservatism is a social disease | |
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| estonianman | Dec 20 2016, 10:32 AM Post #5 |
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There is one problem with that statement ... Democracy isn't constitutional |
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| Robertr2000 | Dec 20 2016, 10:41 AM Post #6 |
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Constitutional Democracy = Fake News. |
| "if that **** wins we'll all hang from nooses" | |
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| Alt Right PEPE | Dec 20 2016, 10:44 AM Post #7 |
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We Will Gnaw on ANTIFA Skulls | |
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| edro14 | Dec 20 2016, 10:47 AM Post #8 |
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Sice many are willing to live on snake oil fed to them by a flim flam billionaire it is no wonder they think they have found their all encompassing savior. Behold the fruits you will receive once holding the gavel of power officially this narcissistic leader yields. |
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| mysysail | Dec 20 2016, 10:54 AM Post #9 |
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@ GA & Edro / Is it not about time, to change the U.S. Constitution? |
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| Harambe4Trump | Dec 20 2016, 10:59 AM Post #10 |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| clone | Dec 20 2016, 01:55 PM Post #11 |
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Agreed, libs keep buying that snake oil being spewed by Obamaphone profiteer Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's blog the NY Times.... But fret not...he just met with Trump....all will be good... https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-dines-with-carlos-slim-as-relations-warm-with-mexican-leaders/2016/12/19/652ccf7c-c60f-11e6-bf4b-2c064d32a4bf_story.html?utm_term=.c5b4ee59c164 |
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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| Robertr2000 | Dec 20 2016, 02:34 PM Post #12 |
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"Nation wide" protests. Where?
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| "if that **** wins we'll all hang from nooses" | |
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| George Aligator | Dec 20 2016, 03:53 PM Post #13 |
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The US Constitution is vastly more difficult to amend than corresponding charters in other democracies. It is one of our several anti-democratic features, requiring a 3/4 super-majority in a constitutional convention convened by 2/3 of the states. The absurd anachronism of the Electoral College can be rendered obsolete without the need for Constitutional change. The instructions to electors are issued by state laws. Once states collectively possessing over 270 EC votes instruct their electors to vote for the candidate with the greatest number of popular votes nationwide, the EC loses its relevance. This movement, already underway, is gathering steam as we have just seen a candidate with the biggest popular vote margin to lose the election in over one hundred years. Trump was quite correct that the election was rigged. More and more people are beginning to see that now. |
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| thoughtless | Dec 20 2016, 04:12 PM Post #14 |
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Trump may be a blow hard con man, but he won the election fair and square. To change the result of the election, by attempting to get electors to deflect, is outright bad for our system of government. |
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| clone | Dec 20 2016, 07:33 PM Post #15 |
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Yep.... |
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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| clone | Dec 26 2016, 06:11 PM Post #16 |
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Dems mocked election-doubting, then doubted an election. They urged faithless electors, then 5 abandoned HRC. They're not very good at this are they? |
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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| Robert Stout | Dec 26 2016, 11:55 PM Post #17 |
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Who knows ???...After the 2012 elections, Republican's Senate and House may be able to propose and ratify a dozen Constitutional Amendments...This would upset Democrats much more than Trump's election...........
Edited by Robert Stout, Dec 26 2016, 11:57 PM.
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| Robert Stout | Dec 26 2016, 11:59 PM Post #18 |
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| black sheep | Dec 27 2016, 03:01 PM Post #19 |
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A few disgruntled hippies in New York, a few disgruntled hippies in Los Angeles (and Mark Ruffalo). Nationwide. Tadaaaaaa! |
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| clone | Dec 30 2016, 02:04 PM Post #20 |
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Yep...
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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