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In reply to the discussion: "Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016" -Jimmy Carter [View all]brush
(53,787 posts)26. Just get rid of it. It's a vestige of slavery and the 3/5s Compromise.
When the founders of the U.S. Constitution in 1787 considered whether America should let the people elect their president through a popular vote, James Madison said that Negroes in the South presented a difficulty
of a serious nature.
During that same speech on Thursday, July 19, Madison instead proposed a prototype for the same Electoral College system the country uses today.
During that same speech on Thursday, July 19, Madison instead proposed a prototype for the same Electoral College system the country uses today.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/electoral-college-slavery-constitution
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My family is progressive and my sister definitely leans Dem, but they castigate me for this.
lark
Aug 2019
#40
Trump stole 2016 election w/ GOP voter suppression and help from the Russians
EndGOPPropaganda
Aug 2019
#19
Why? The RepubliCONS are known to be accepting money from once sanctioned Russians
Farmer-Rick
Aug 2019
#41
Yep, he did NOT win those 4 states, either votes were flipped, not counted, whatever
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2019
#51