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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWI Gazette: Despite win, Trump has no mandate and his legitimacy is in doubt
http://wisconsingazette.com/2016/11/21/despite-electoral-college-win-trump-stained-with-questions-of-legitimacy/When Barack Obama was first elected in 2008, Republicans sought to undermine his presidency by purveying the falsehood that hes not an American citizen. Donald Trump was a prominent promoter of the lie, the face of the so-called birther movement.
Soon Trumps presidency will begin, marked by the stigma of his words and deeds. But the most devastating burden hell face is doubt about his own legitimacy. Talk about karma.
On the eve of Thanksgiving, more than two weeks after Trump shocked the world by winning the presidency, votes were still being counted. As of that day, Clinton was ahead by more than 2 million votes or 1.5 percent.
Put another way, Trump lost the popular vote by a 1.5 percent margin that continues to grow. Thats significant. Its a larger margin of victory than either John Kennedys win in 1960 or Richard Nixons in 1968.
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WI Gazette: Despite win, Trump has no mandate and his legitimacy is in doubt (Original Post)
pnwmom
Nov 2016
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Hekate
(90,829 posts)1. Kick. And Jill Stein's recount fund is raising money hand over fist.
$2,117,340.69 and rising by the minute
https://jillstein.nationbuilder.com/recount
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)2. They made it to 2.5 million!!
patriots, all
Multichromatic
(14 posts)3. Bless Jill Stein for this ONE incredible thing!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope we can get Hillary to 276 and take the presidency from Orange Hitler.