I think he knows full well the difference, but like most liberal argues, he counts on his readers not to know or care.
Agree. I take every opportunity to inject the fact that we are a Republic into conversations. The idea of democracy is thrown around in common conversation and especially by media so often that the populace is dumbed down to the difference between a Republic and a democracy. So many people will respond, “it’s the same thing.” This is a falsehood perpetrated by socialism to destabilize our Republic and take over.