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Originally Posted by wittynickname
The population did not vote for Trump. At the last count I saw, Hillary was winning the popular vote by over 2.6 million (a couple hundred K less than the entire population of Utah).
Bernie doesn't have shady connections to Vladimir Putin. Bernie doesn't have businesses all over the globe that would create conflicts of interest in his governance. Bernie wouldn't be attempting to get security clearance for his kids, or having his daughter meet with world leaders. Bernie wouldn't be calling heads of other countries without any guidance from the state department, etc, etc. It's not that Trump's a populist, it's that he's flat out dangerous and corrupt through and through, and there's a damn scary connection to a foreign enemy to boot, and that is why he should be thwarted.
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Hilary winning the national vote doesn't delegitimize Trumps electoral win, in fact it is almost irrelevant. The US elections are decided, for better or worse, by the electoral college. More states wanted Trump as their president, and the aggregate votes based on those states have Trump a pretty decisive victory. The electoral college functions to allow rural voters and small states to have some say and not get overwhelmed by the Nyc La Chicago and bostons of the USA. i just don't understand this argument, trump won the election fair and square. Regardless of what you or I or anyone thinks of the guy.
And I could make a bunch of arguments about Bernie being a radical ideologue out to destroy the fabric of a strong western economy and say he needs to be thwarted. Because after electins people are going to disagree, they need to honour the votes of the people according to the pr agreed format of winning, whether it be electoral college or national vote.