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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Tue Dec 19, 2017, 11:18 AM Dec 2017

Trump Is America's First Lawless President

Trump Is America’s First Lawless President
…and the Republican Party is following his lead as America’s republic breaks down.
Michael Tomasky 12.19.17 5:00 AM ET

The Founding Fathers weren’t all that interested in creating a democracy. You need to know this.

Oh, they created one, because they knew that legitimacy devolved from the people. But they were fearful that it could lead to mob rule. What they really set out to create was a republic.

The distinction is crucial. A democracy is a country where the majority rules. A republic is a nation of laws. This was the founders’ number one priority. There’s that famous Ben Franklin quote, when they walked out of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and a woman saw him and asked, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” He replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.”

Our republic—our system of laws—is under assault in a way I’ve never seen and I don’t think has ever happened. Richard Nixon was a lawbreaker. He was not utterly and thoroughgoingly lawless. There’s a difference. Donald Trump is a lawless president. It’s obvious to anyone who’s watching and isn’t in a state of contemptible denial that he feels constrained by no law. He cares nothing about the Constitution and he’ll lie about anything to anyone at anytime. That’s difference one.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-americas-first-lawless-president

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Trump Is America's First Lawless President (Original Post) workinclasszero Dec 2017 OP

and to think, just one year ago, we still had our first flawless president.... unblock Dec 2017 #1

And we traded him for the evil bastard that is tearing up this country and dividing the spoils workinclasszero Dec 2017 #3

K&R SHRED Dec 2017 #2

This article is spot on. The lawlessness is AmericanActivist Dec 2017 #4

unblock

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1. and to think, just one year ago, we still had our first flawless president....

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Tue Dec 19, 2017, 11:24 AM

Dec 2017

workinclasszero

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3. And we traded him for the evil bastard that is tearing up this country and dividing the spoils

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Tue Dec 19, 2017, 11:33 AM

Dec 2017

with his 1% backers.

But many people assured America that there was no difference between the republicans and democrats.

And now we see they were massive fucking liars too.

SHRED

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2. K&R

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Tue Dec 19, 2017, 11:31 AM

Dec 2017

AmericanActivist

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4. This article is spot on. The lawlessness is

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 12:25 PM

Dec 2017

blatant and unchecked by Republicans. This is a hostile takeover. This is way worse than Watergate and worse than anything W and Dick did...and they did many heinous things. It’s like the corrupt Republicans and the Russian asset are double dog daring the majority of Americans to stand and fight.

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