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In reply to the discussion: Trump officially became an illegitimate President today [View all]eniwetok
(1,629 posts)Look... I FULLY support any investigation into the Trump Junta. My point... which you don't seem to get is Trump isn't illegitimate because of possible/probable Russian collusion BUT BECAUSE HE LOST THE ELECTION. He FAILED to get the Consent Of The Governed which is the basis of morally legitimate government. Our system is ANTIdemocratic at its core... and along with the presidency the GOP control over the Senate is morally illegitimate because Dem Senators represent 33 million more Americans than do the GOP.
In a democratic system no one "wins" elections when they are rejected... and those who represent a minority of the nation should never govern. But we now find our very antidemocratic system is posing an existential threat to programs that WERE democratically enacted.