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Dem4life1970

(432 posts)
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 09:55 PM Nov 16

No Mandate

Biden's 4-5% victory was not a mandate, but Trump's 1-2% by the skin of his teeth
victory is a mandate? (Btw I am old enough to remember when Billionaires couldn't pay people a million dollars a day in Pennsylvania to sign a fake petition during a Presidential campaign. Not normal.)


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jls4561

(1,529 posts)
2. You know how Fatass loves to exaggerate numbers. His inauguration crowd was the biggest ever.
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 10:07 PM
Nov 16

And let’s not forget that he denies that his fingers (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) are short.

The only thing overwhelming about this administration is the stench of corruption.

SWBTATTReg

(24,107 posts)
3. Yes, and I have got my face mask(s) ready, in case the stench gets to be too much, which I fully expect. With the cast
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 11:15 PM
Nov 16

of characters he's assembling and his so-called executive skills (non-existent), it's going to be a mess and I expect that their failures will cause more failures to propagate across the Economy.

I intend to restock my shelves even more than what I have restocked them, for I believe things will get messed up before too long, as poorly written policies start making their way from the oval office to the real world.

Jspur

(647 posts)
5. I remember how the media and republicans refused to give Bill Clinton a
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 11:38 PM
Nov 16

mandate during the 90's when he won both times with the plurality of the popular vote, but them willing to give Trump a mandate in the same scenario is a joke.

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