2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCall your democratic senators and congresspeople and demand they don't go to Trump's inauguration.
John Lewis is right in that Trump is not a legitimate President. Trump worked with Russia and cheated
by using "cross check" to steal the White House he should not be normalized.
From Paul Kruagman's NY Times article .... Standing up against Trump is Patriotic.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/opinion/with-all-due-disrespect.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1
With All Due Respect.
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Now Mr. Lewis says that he wont attend the inauguration of Donald Trump, whom he regards as an illegitimate president.
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By any reasonable standard, the 2016 election was deeply tainted. It wasnt just the effects of Russian intervention on Mr. Trumps behalf; Hillary Clinton would almost surely have won if the F.B.I. hadnt conveyed the false impression that it had damaging new information about her, just days before the vote. This was grotesque, delegitimizing malfeasance, especially in contrast with the agencys refusal to discuss the Russia connection.
Was there even more to it? Did the Trump campaign actively coordinate with a foreign power? Did a cabal within the F.B.I. deliberately slow-walk investigations into that possibility? Are the lurid tales about adventures in Moscow true? We dont know, although Mr. Trumps creepy obsequiousness to Vladimir Putin makes it hard to dismiss these allegations. Even given what we do know, however, no previous U.S. president-elect has had less right to the title. So why shouldnt we question his legitimacy?
And talking frankly about how Mr. Trump gained power isnt just about truth-telling. It may also help to limit that power.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)and all my representatives are T-party assholes
Botany
(72,388 posts)n/t
jmg257
(11,996 posts)This downward spiral will never end.
Botany
(72,388 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 17, 2017, 09:59 AM - Edit history (1)
This was a coup. If you aren't going to stand up now when are you
going to stand up?
triron
(22,240 posts)responses
jmg257
(11,996 posts)I do understand the sentiment. But memories in DC are long. And constant playing of politics sucks.
I guess de-legitimizing trump's presidency as much as possible does make sense...we shall have to see how it comes back to bite us in the ass.
Wounded Bear
(60,620 posts)he already declared.
triron
(22,240 posts)Heinrich's office said they had been receiving a lot of calls