Opinion: Goodbye, democracy — it’s Trump’s America now

The Hill ^ | Nov 8, 2024 | Chris Truax

[where's_the_Outrage?]

The election is over. Anyone who has read anything I have written for the last eight years knows that I am appalled by the result. But the people have spoken and a majority of Americans have willingly returned Donald Trump to the presidency.

If we go by the book, we’re all supposed to acknowledge the election results and cheerfully commit to fighting the good fight for the next four years while looking forward to better times in 2028. I’m not sure I can do that.

It’s tempting to try to what-if this result. For example, what if a ticket featuring Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania might have done better? But let’s give credit where credit is due.

Donald Trump is a wolf in wolf’s clothing. His voters knew about his disdain for the rule of law and democracy. They knew about his dark impulses and his lust for retribution. (How could they not? “I am your retribution” was one of his slogans.) They knew about his conspiracy theories and his lies. They heard the warnings from his own advisers that Trump wanted to rule as a dictator and was “fascist to the core.” And they were okay with all this. Many of them relished it.

Kamala Harris could not have been more different. She reached out to centrist voters and ran a good campaign with a clear message about defending American democracy. Having someone deliver that message with a slightly more folksy accent wouldn’t have made any difference. People wanted to buy what Trump was selling.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

TDS at its finest.

[ComputerGuy]

HOW SWEET IT IS!!!

[dadfly]

true, for now.

now we have to politically excise the national GOPe. then it will be a Republic again.

[eyeamok]

Het Chris, Call Me, I have some fabulous Beach Front Property for sale in GAZA, Good Price...friendly neighbors,...

[toddausauras]

The piece of sh*t HILL did all they could to psy op our side. They’re never Trumpers and damn them to hell.

[Walrus]

Pathetic, whiny piece of foot-stomping tripe.

Grow up, Chris.

[rktman]

Back to the Republic!

[John S Mosby]

Correction: “Goodbye KLEPTOCRACY” run, you mfer’s. You trough eating lying a@@holes. Run, Liz Cheney and take your fossil thug daddy with you— with his iron lung.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The Drama Queen lefties sure are going through Mother’s Little Helper pills right now. Goodbye Democrazy, HELLO REPUBLIC!!!

[Obadiah]

These people are simply delusional. What happened to them? Seriously, how have they succumbed to their irrationality? These people have completely lost their ability to reason. To normal people it’s like watching zoo animals scampering around in their self-made cages unaware of any world outside of their own poo all around them. So they are reduced to angrily flinging around their own poo to punish their imaginary demons.

Weird.

[ohioman]

It is the left who will start the next civil war.

[lurk]

Goodbye democracy indeed. But collectivism, like Satan, never sleeps.

[small farm girl]

But Trump and his supporters say mean things, use inflammatory language and threaten violence. /s

[Red Badger]

[SoConPubbie]

TDS at its finest.

Actually, Insanity at its worst!

[fwdude]

Do these morons even read what they write?!!!

[yuleeyahoo]

Opinion: Goodbye, democracy

Good. It’s high time that the American people learn that we were never intended to be a democracy, but instead a constitutional republic. Our federal government needs to be returned to its proper constitutional role with its power severely curtailed.

[DesertRhino]

John McCains Californian campaign chair… in case you were wondering.

[cld51860]

No kidding. The nonsense I am seeing on Facebook the past few days has been stunning. Messages being sent to black people about where to show up for cotton picking. Literally what plantation to show up to... As if we still had “plantations” in the ante bellum sense... Men messaging “Women have no say” “Women are property” “Your body My Choice.”

People actually believe this garbage?

(The cotton picking stupidity came supposedly from Duke University)

[Steve_Seattle]

"Donald Trump is a wolf in wolf’s clothing. His voters knew about his disdain for the rule of law and democracy. They knew about his dark impulses and his lust for retribution. (How could they not? “I am your retribution” was one of his slogans.) They knew about his conspiracy theories and his lies. They heard the warnings from his own advisers that Trump wanted to rule as a dictator and was “fascist to the core.” And they were okay with all this. Many of them relished it."

This guy comes across as a psychopath. WE have already had a President Trump, and he did none of the things the insane left accuses him of. Hitler started wars of aggression; Trump opposed war and started no new ones. Hitler put Jews in concentration camps; Trump had Jews on his staff and brokered peace deals between Israel and several Arab nations.

Retribution? The left has spent the last four years trying to lock up Trump and his closest advisors on flimsy, made-up pretexts. Ignored the rule of law? Biden ignored immigration law and let millions of unvetted illegals cross the border. He defied Supreme Court rulings on his student-loan forgiveness plan. His DOJ was soft on left-wing rioters while throwing the book at non-violent J6 protesters.