Has Trump Destroyed Democracy?

[Independent thinker]

Rubio could be elected but not Vance. Not a chance.

I'll agree that Rubio has a better chance of appealing to both sides than Vance does.

 

[CowboyTed]

Well, Harris and the dems kept on saying in the 2024 election that Trump will destroy democracy if elected. So, here we are over one year into Trump's 2nd presidency and those who said that in 2024 are now looking forward to the midterms. So, it seems pretty obvious that Trump did not destroy democracy after all. If he had, there would be nothing to look forward to for democrats. And, even if you continue claiming that Trump is on his way to destroying democracy but that he just hasn't done it yet then I still ask you the same question. If Trump will have desroyed democracy by the end of this four year term then what good does it do for you to look forward to the midterms if democracy is going to be destroyed anyway, even if you win? Will you now apologize for lying about that?

Trump is trying... He is trying to stack courts and silence media...

His game plan is much like Orban in Hungry...

 

[CowboyTed]

I have not been forced to take a vaccine or buy insurance nor has my right to earn a livelihood been threatened for not capitulating to the vaccine or insurance. I don’t have to provide papers multiple times a day saying I have been vaccinated. I get to worship in churches, have religious ceremonies, and host family gatherings.

I’d say it is less authoritarian under Trump than it is under Democrats.

Who forced you to take a vaccine?

Who is going to pay for your health when you get sick?

Who has stopped you worshipping?

You are just spouting bullshit... The truth is you don't have the truth so you invent shit...

 

[M14 Shooter]

Trump is trying... He is trying to stack courts and silence media...

What President does not try to "stack the courts"?
Were those Presidents trying to destroy Democracy as well?

 

[Independent thinker]

Trump is trying... He is trying to stack courts and silence media...

His game plan is much like Orban in Hungry...

Democrats already stacked courts and silenced media. Didn't see you gripe about that.

 

[Independent thinker]

Trump is a stupid, spoiled human who talks nonsense so trying to make sense of these times for America is kinda hopeless. While he wants to reign forever, hopefully he will be gone and democracy will breath a sigh of relief.

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He's already said he's not running in 2028. But, I see what you're saying. You're saying you don't like the man but that he's not taking democracy away. Well, over 70 million people voted for Harris and not Trump so I don't expect any of those 70 some million do like Trump.

 

[Independent thinker]

Democrats lost their choke hold on information and the media, it's over. Their propaganda is just laughed off the air now. There's no better example of how defeated they are than Schumer at the podium, reading the 'script' even he doesn't believe now. Just monotone blah blah blah spewed like he knows people are just laughing at the nonsense.

It has been greatly reduced from the level it was but democrats still have a significant choke hold on information.

 

[Independent thinker]

What President does not try to "stack the courts"?
Were those Presidents trying to destroy Democracy as well?

Liberals have courts stacked all over the country and whenever they want a ruling against Trump they just search out a liberal court for a nationwide injunction against Trump. That doesn't bother them a bit.

 

[norwegen]

It is a Democracy, and has been since they murdered JFK. Because that how the Oligarchy wants it.

Trump is trying to fix what 70 years of Oligarchy erosion of the Republic has done.

There is a cavernous difference between being democratic and being a Democracy.

The democracy was to remain in the House of Representatives, essentially making it 1/2 of 1/3 of the federal government. The HoR was the voice of the people.

That voice began infiltrating the government at large in the 1820s with popular elections when the newly-formed Democrat Party fronted their first presidential candidate Andrew Jackson. By the Progressive Era, that voice had infiltrated the Senate with Amendment 17.

Democrats have been democratizing our republic for a very long time.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Liberals have courts stacked all over the country and whenever they want a ruling against Trump they just search out a liberal court for a nationwide injunction against Trump. That doesn't bother them a bit.

Gee. Liberal hypocrisy. Who knew?

 

[Anarchy666]

Unfortunately no, he has not.

 

[task0778]

The one thing that bothers me about Trump concerning democracy is his non-denial to run for or get elected to another term in office. There may be some legal way to do it, such as declaring a national emergency of some kind and cancelling or delaying the 2028 elections. Plus, he wants to end the Senate filibuster so he can pass legislation that he wants without interference from the democrats. The filibuster is there to allow the minority a voice and some power to restrain majority rule. Certainly, democracy is about majority rule, but you don't want to totally shut out the minority party.

On the democrat side, they have already tried once to abolish the filibuster and will do so again once they are back in power. Do not delude yourselves that such can't happen, sooner or later it can and will. In addition, they have floated ideas to admit Puerto Rico and DC as states, stack the Supreme Court with more progressive liberal justices, and change the electoral process to a popular vote. All of that and more means they are IMHO a bigger threat to democracy than Trump or the GOP.

 

[CowboyTed]

What President does not try to "stack the courts"?
Were those Presidents trying to destroy Democracy as well?

With the help of Mitch they refused Democrats turn on the SC and thus created a 6-3 majority...

Considering a GOP President has won the Popular vote only twice since 1992 that is very much against the will of the people.

Trump's picks are a new low in competency... Regan or Bush Judges were Judges first, first comes the law...

Compare that the some of Trump's picks... Look at Aileen Cannon as an example, she has no impartiality, she is an embarrassment to the US Justice system. Legal professions all over the world see this and don't a fair balanced system, the US system is corrupt by design, Judges picked for political beliefs rather than there ability to uphold the law.

Trump set all the new lows...

 

[norwegen]

The US is both, a democracy and republic. Do some research.

Only by ruse.

Do some research.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Who forced you to take a vaccine?

Work by way local Government mandate.

Who is going to pay for your health when you get sick?

Myself

Who has stopped you worshipping?

During pandemic, people were prohibited from gathering for worship and religious services while people gathered in masses to protest and destroy cities.

You have a selective memory.

You are just spouting bullshit... The truth is you don't have the truth so you invent shit...

 

[M14 Shooter]

With the help of Mitch they refused Democrats turn on the SC and thus created a 6-3 majority...

All I see here is you agreeing that Democrat President stack the courts as well - and you have no issue with it.
But when TRUMP stacks the courts -- ohh! Democracy under assault!!!

How about you be honest for a minute and just admit you're a partisan bigot.

 

[IM2]

MAGATS are fine with Trump's authoritarianism, just as long as Trump practices the fascism on the right types. Then, when he starts doing it to whites, they will see how he has ended democracy.