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Discussion: Will the Electoral College Block a Trump Presidency?
Member Since: 11/24/2006
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Originally posted by Disco
It really is a waste to even bring up the valid points and facts because it's like talking to a brick wall. They need to experience reality and real struggles to understand why Hillary lost.
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Member Since: 3/25/2012
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Originally posted by -Lewymocha-
The popular vote only PROJECTS what the electoral college will vote on December 19th. The electoral college did NOT vote on November 8th. Instead the people voted on how their states should USE their electoral college votes. However, the electoral college is given time to reflect on the results, and they will hold all the power on December 19th to vote for the president of their choosing. Although in all cases in history, have respected and followed through with their states' votes.
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I know they didn't vote on the 8th. What I said is that Trump has already been declared president-elect. Even with him losing the popular vote, I don't see them replacing him, even with another republican. They've never done it before, why start now? There's no way they'll get enough people to vote against him.
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Member Since: 4/26/2010
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Originally posted by Disco
It really is a waste to even bring up the valid points and facts because it's like talking to a brick wall. They need to experience reality and real struggles to understand why Hillary lost.
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Yeah I am really glad, you all voted for a president that understands the realities and struggles. Oh wait... no he's a multi billionaire supreme elitist, who was given millions by his father to start up his own business. Give me a damn break You look a damn mess with all your delusional ass posts in the political threads
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Member Since: 4/26/2010
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Originally posted by cloudinthesky
I know they didn't vote on the 8th. What I said is that Trump has already been declared president-elect. Even with him losing the popular vote, I don't see them replacing him, even with another republican. They've never done it before, why start now? There's no way they'll get enough people to vote against him.
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I agree, thanks for staying on topic. That was the basis of this thread. I just wish they would though.
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Member Since: 3/25/2012
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Originally posted by Jan
Resorting to passive aggression because you're losing an argument. Disgusting, however very consistent when compared to your previous posts. I'm done talking politics on this site, stay in your liberal bubbles while President Trump makes America great again.
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If you really think this is going to happen...
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Member Since: 5/15/2009
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Originally posted by -Lewymocha-
Yeah I am really glad, you all voted for a president that understands the realities and struggles. Oh wait... no he's a multi billionaire supreme elitist, who was given millions by his father to start up his own business. Give me a damn break You look a damn mess with all your delusional ass posts in the political threads
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And Hillary isn't part of that group? Giving a speech about income inequality in a $12,000 Armani jacket? Accepting more money from lobbyists than any candidate, ever... Let's not act like Miss Wall Street actually cares about the struggle, other than using those in poverty for a vote. Educate yourself. Understand the real struggles our country faces.
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Member Since: 4/26/2010
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Originally posted by Disco
And Hillary isn't part of that group? Giving a speech about income inequality in a $12,000 Armani jacket? Accepting more money from lobbyists than any candidate, ever... Let's not act like Miss Wall Street actually cares about the struggle, other than using those in poverty for a vote. Educate yourself. Understand the real struggles our country faces.
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Did you tell me to educate myself, following an endorsement for Trump? If you cannot see the societal effects you've had by voting for Trump, and don't class equality, and women's rights as priority issues in America, then you're not the type of person I want to associate with. I wish you'd educate yourself. I saw you in another thread completely unaware of Trump's taxation plans, yet having an opinion on it. Literally every use in the thread had to "educate" you on what you voted for, but it appears you believed some Facebook article that told you Trump was good and Hillary was bad. Well them tax breaks you were looking for? They don't exist, and never have. If you actually educated yourself, you would have seen that hundreds of economists predicted that Trump's plans and social policies were going to triple the debt that the United States were in. So while you're preaching education, it would have been nice if you could have even quoted one factual thing about Trump before asking others to educate themselves.
Here's some facts for you. Trump is a; Racist, homophobe, had pending charges for raping a 13 year old girl in which the defendant dropped her case because she feared for her life, is sexist, stated on camera that he could sexually assault women and get away with it because he's a star, lied several times on his campaign trail including about repealing and replacing affordable care act, and more recently has been spotted on camera telling elitists that he'd be giving them tax breaks.
And if you want to look more into Clinton instead of listening to the anti-female media then you should know; She rolled up her sleeves and fought for children, for healthcare and for women’s rights. There are so many stories out there of people who have personally been helped by her and they still to this day have Hillary checking up on them. In her campaign, Hillary worked tirelessly on policies that the news paid zero percent of time talking about. She had a plan for almost everything. She updated her website constantly with plans to help homeless gay youth, to provide AIDS medication to those in need, to work with police and urban communities, to help women get equal pay, to help small businesses, to promote more love and kindness and most importantly she fought against racism. She was the candidate that was able to stand with the mothers of innocent children killed and say “Black Lives Matter” but all we focused on was whether she would say the words “Radical Jihadists”. She fought an honorable fight against racism because in the end, that’s what people voted in favor of. “Take back America” and “make America great again” weren’t about the economy; they were code for “don’t let the brown man be equal to us”. Hillary believed that this country and its different colors were what made America great already and I’m not sorry that she lost fighting for that belief. No one puts themselves through this much work and this much abuse for so many years just for a title- they do it because they care.
I'm glad I could educate you.
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Thank you for taking so much time to write me a novel! I'm glad I mean so much to you. I unfortunately don't have time to read any of it, nor do I really care to, but I appreciate the wasted time you spent.
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We have nothing to lose. I had a dream that it happened last night.
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Originally posted by -Lewymocha-
It's not untrue. I know how the system works girl, and it does NOT justify votes for Trump. People voted for Trump KNOWING he had rape charges pending, he was in court for Fraud, that he encouraged racism, violence, and xenophobia, that he was sexist and admitted to sexual assault in a casual manner. I am sorry if it hurts you when I call you out on your endorsement, but I'm not going to stop doing it. Frankly it is what it is, if you endorse Trump you have allowed and endorsed his actions. I am sorry to say but by association you are a racist, you are homophobic, and you are xenophobic. If you were not, you would have opened your mind, and thought about your fellow brothers and sisters who were hurt, distraught, and frankly scared by his campaign run. Endorsing him, just demonstrates you have no empathetic feelings to them, why would their feelings matter? America has a very sad illness growing in it. It's dying from the inside out. I cannot believe 60 million people voted for this man. It's a truly symbolic testament to the countries hatred for anything non-male, non-white. I feel sorry for its citizens. I feel sorry for Hillary for being classed worse than Donald, when she is clearly not, for the people that believed the fake accusations and press, because America could not, and would not have a woman as their president. Hate crimes are on the increase, hurting fellow American brother's and sisters who are scared to leave their home. An endorsement for Trump caused that. So don't casually deny what a vote for Trump has caused. A vote for Clinton, was a vote for functionality of the country. She wasn't perfect, but she would have worked. It would have worked. Trump does not work.
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I was a Trump supporter
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I mean when one candidate has 2 million more votes than the other candidate (unprecedented in American history) and still loses I could see why people are upset.
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Originally posted by -Lewymocha-
And if you want to look more into Clinton instead of listening to the anti-female media then you should know; She rolled up her sleeves and fought for children, for healthcare and for women’s rights. There are so many stories out there of people who have personally been helped by her and they still to this day have Hillary checking up on them. In her campaign, Hillary worked tirelessly on policies that the news paid zero percent of time talking about. She had a plan for almost everything. She updated her website constantly with plans to help homeless gay youth, to provide AIDS medication to those in need, to work with police and urban communities, to help women get equal pay, to help small businesses, to promote more love and kindness and most importantly she fought against racism. She was the candidate that was able to stand with the mothers of innocent children killed and say “Black Lives Matter” but all we focused on was whether she would say the words “Radical Jihadists”. She fought an honorable fight against racism because in the end, that’s what people voted in favor of. “Take back America” and “make America great again” weren’t about the economy; they were code for “don’t let the brown man be equal to us”. Hillary believed that this country and its different colors were what made America great already and I’m not sorry that she lost fighting for that belief. No one puts themselves through this much work and this much abuse for so many years just for a title- they do it because they care.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by Disco
It really is a waste to even bring up the valid points and facts because it's like talking to a brick wall. They need to experience reality and real struggles to understand why Hillary lost.
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The complete irony in this post
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Originally posted by Floyd Mayweather
I was a Trump supporter
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Originally posted by Pokistic
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by Disco
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Thank you for taking so much time to write me a novel! I'm glad I mean so much to you. I unfortunately don't have time to read any of it, nor do I really care to, but I appreciate the wasted time you spent.
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You refuse to read a post because it's too long for your short attention span yet you say you're the one talking to a brick wall? God, get a grip
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Member Since: 11/24/2006
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Originally posted by Jackson
You refuse to read a post because it's too long for your short attention span yet you say you're the one talking to a brick wall? God, get a grip
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Tbh there was no need to response after the dropped rape accusations excuses. "Because she feared for her life" How about being fake? Lol
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Member Since: 4/28/2011
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NO, and you girls need to get over this infatuation asap.
It is really really silly
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Member Since: 4/26/2010
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Originally posted by MrDeeds
Tbh there was no need to response after the dropped rape accusations excuses. "Because she feared for her life" How about being fake? Lol
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And that's what is wrong with society. People believe a man who admitted on camera that he sexually assaults women because he can get away with it, over a woman who has stated that the man who said he will sexually assault women, sexually assaulted her. Hmm. Logic.
Trump supporters are truly moronic, ignorant, small minded, uneducated, racist, bigot, homophobic, people hating, xenophobes.
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Member Since: 4/26/2010
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Originally posted by TheVoiceXtina
NO, and you girls need to get over this infatuation asap.
It is really really silly
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There is nothing silly about creating a dialogue, public discussion, and debates re: an increasingly popular cause that over half of the American people are so passionate about.
What is silly, telling people to shut up and face facts. That is not democracy. It's a fact that Donald Trump is presidential elect. It is not a fact that the means by which he achieved that title was ethical, or morally just. Hillary Clinton had more votes, that's also a fact. It's a fact that the electoral college can go against states' popular voting system.
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