Posted on 01/17/2017 7:09:55 AM PST by Kaslin
You know with all the rising temperatures caused by Rep. John Lewis’ (D-GA) remarks about President-elect Donald Trump not being a legitimate president, we forgot about liberal economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman who first said that Trump’s win was illegitimate. Now, Krugman says that calling Trump an illegitimate president is a form of patriotism (via NYT [emphasis mine]:
Now Mr. Lewis says that he won’t attend the inauguration of Donald Trump, whom he regards as an illegitimate president.
As you might expect, this statement provoked a hysterical, slanderous reaction from the president-elect – who, of course, got his start in national politics by repeatedly, falsely questioning President Obama’s right to hold office. But Mr. Trump — who has never sacrificed anything or taken a risk to help others — seems to have a special animus toward genuine heroes. Maybe he prefers demonstrators who don’t get beaten?
But let’s not talk about Mr. Trump’s ravings. Instead, let’s ask whether Mr. Lewis was right to say what he said. Is it O.K., morally and politically, to declare the man about to move into the White House illegitimate?
Yes, it is. In fact, it’s an act of patriotism.
Now, let’s not be snowflakes here; Krugman has every right to say these things. It’s free speech—and we’re just going to have to deal with the endless stream of liberal angst and hysteria over the next four years (maybe eight). We can respond in kind by saying that a) you guys, whether it be Rubio, Perry, Fiorina, Cruz, or even Jim Gilmore, were going to call Obama’s successor illegitimate if that person turned out to be a Republican; b) this would be considered treasonous back in 2009; and c) it does nothing but serve as yet another mechanism for liberals to use to avoid debating amongst themselves why Hillary Clinton lost. Yes, it may make you feel better, but after ten seconds of relief—you’re still saddled with reality: Donald Trump is the 45th president of the United States.
Most of the illegitimacy discussion stems from the Russian interference, which wasn’t a hack. Our intelligence agencies noted that the Kremlin flooded social media with propaganda and trolls. That’s not hacking. There never was an election hack. The Democratic National Committee and top Hillary Clinton adviser John Podesta’s emails were infiltrated. That’s not a hack. Even the Obama White House has put distance between themselves and Mr. Lewis, with White House Chief Of Staff Denis McDonough saying that outgoing President Obama feels that Trump was elected freely.
Krugman and Lewis need to get over it. Trump won, Clinton lost—and thank God for that.
Trump wasn’t shy about the birther thing, so I doubt that this illegitimate thing bothers him much either.
Sorry Paul, the illegitimate one is leaving on Jan. 20th.
The left is going all out to establish this bullshit narrative.
illegitimate nobel prize winner...
Trump won the presidential election according to the rules both democrats and republicans agreed to until the democratic candidate did not win. Suddenly, the the weird dipsticks want to say he is illegitimate to try to undermine his authority. Funny, the Republicans never acted like this in all of history, only the democrats!
It shows you who and what the democrats are. They are like gradeschool children. Thinking that calling the president illegitimate tells what they are made of.
Paul Krugman = illegitimate economist
Paul Krugman = illegitimate economist
Oh, piff.
Normal people need a reason to protest. Lefties just need a place.
Bipolar in action here.
Hey big guy, better keep taking your meds.
Call Krugmann “sane” is an act of dishonesty.
The stupid is strong with this one it is.
Calling Paul Krugman a child-molesting pervert is an act of patriotism.
(See how that works Paul?)
Well, the Slimes is not a legitimate source of news nor of opinion. They are going to have to move out of their own building.
Forgive my wordiness, just understand that Krugman is nothing more -- truly, nothing more -- than a mulatto-marxist-muslim- lover (if you catch my drift).
ah, Paul Krugman...nothing logical, nothing consistent, nothing based in any semblance of reality is ever stated by him.
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