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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:54 PM Jul 2019

This is one of the cornerstones of our democracy: "Governments are instituted among men,

deriving their JUST powers from the CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED." (emphasis mine)

We now have an illegitimate *president who knowingly accepted campaign assistance from one of our oldest adversaries and coordinated his campaign with their efforts. Despite cheating, he lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million and clearly occupies the White House without the consent of most of us.

By virtue of the above quote from our Declaration of Independence, he does not possess any "just" powers and we are, in fact, leaderless.

At this point, anyone still supporting Trump must be considered his criminal accomplice and treated accordingly. None will ever have my respect and I resent sharing my air with every damned one of them.

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This is one of the cornerstones of our democracy: "Governments are instituted among men, (Original Post) Atticus Jul 2019 OP
Indeed. n/t PatrickforO Jul 2019 #1
Can any Trump supporter be trusted? kentuck Jul 2019 #2

kentuck

(111,078 posts)
2. Can any Trump supporter be trusted?
Sat Jul 27, 2019, 08:04 AM
Jul 2019

I'm sure they feel the same way about anyone that voted for Hillary?

But, I find myself feeling that they have betrayed our country, our Constitution, and everything America stands for.

I fight the feeling but it has become over-whelming.

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