“Oh, Fred knows the difference, but he knows he’s speaking to some folks who wouldn’t know a constitutional republic if it bit them in the butt. He’s speaking to folks exactly where they are, ...”
So he’s insulting us by talking down to us? ... Please stop. You are digging the hole deeper.
“and they seem to like him.”
I would like him better if he had precision and accuracy in his pronouncements, and I’m sure the folks who supposedly wouldn’t know better wouldn’t mind it either.
He’s not ‘talking down’ to anyone, he’s simply meeting some folks where they are. Are you denying that most folks don’t know the difference between a democracy and a representative republic? Just having someone as a candidate who talks up Federalism will go a long way towards educating voters. That’s a great thing!