They're not mutually exclusive. We are a democracy too, in that the people elect the leaders with a democratic process.
As happens in all democracies, the takers have found that they can vote freebies for themselves, and it's they who have been winning as of late. Repeating that we're a Constitutional Republic isn't going to change that.
Yes! AMERICA is a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC!!!!
Not a Demon-ocracy!!!
“America’s not a democracy. It’s a Constitutional Republic.”
It was founded as a constitutional republic and the founders actually warned AGAINST the evils of democracy. They definitely did not consider it to be a democracy but unfortunately it has evolved into a kind of defacto democracy or “democratic republic”. The insistence that all citizens, regardless of whether they pay taxes or live off the earnings of others should have the same vote guarantees the eventual failure of any such “democracy”. If there is any possibility of restoring this country to what it is supposed to be it will require at some point a return to denying the vote to those who own no property and pay no taxes. Some may say that everyone pays some kind of taxes now but those who receive far more in government support than they pay in taxes do not ACTUALLY pay taxes, they merely return part of what they receive from others and they do not deserve to have a vote to give to the candidate who promises the bigger free lunch.