Posted on 11/06/2024 11:15:31 AM PST by knighthawk
The New York Times editorial board was despondent over President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive victory, declaring his return to power was a “grave threat” to the republic.
“American voters have made the choice to return Donald Trump to the White House, setting the nation on a precarious course that no one can fully foresee,” the board wrote on Wednesday, later adding, “Mr. Trump’s election poses a grave threat to [the] republic, but he will not determine the long-term fate of American democracy. That outcome remains in the hands of the American people.”
Trump capped a stunning political comeback from his defeat in 2020 and impeachment over the January 6 Capitol riot with an emphatic win over Vice President Kamala Harris.
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What a sick.
On reflection, it may be that their rights are protected under a republic now that they are a minority.
When they were the “majority” in their democracy, our minority rights did not count
Did I get it right?
NY Times editorial says Trump’s victory is a ‘grave threat’ to republic.
Propaganda agents takes a beating the republic safe.
Dick, not sick.
Lol! So voters voting against the political opinions of the New York Times Alt Left cultists is a “threat to the Republic”?
Just how infantile and stupid are these people?
Well since he was duly elected by the American people, by extension the NYT must consider those citizens a threat to the republic. Its no wonder the Times has lost any shred of credibility.
The key difference between a democracy and a republic lies in the limits placed on government by the law, which has implications for minority rights. Both forms of government tend to use a representational system — i.e., citizens vote to elect politicians to represent their interests and form the government.
In a republic, a constitution or charter of rights protects certain inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by the government, even if it has been elected by a majority of voters.
In a “pure democracy,” the majority is not restrained in this way and can impose its will on the minority.
That’s a great question. Nothing comes to mind right now.
Especially today.
Stopped reading at NY Slimes
see post 42 and 47
So now its a republic? Trump is a threat to the deep state bureaucracy!
PLEASE, ELON, BUY THE NYT FOR $1 & SHUT IT ALL DOWN.
SELL THE BUILDING.
” a precarious course that no one can fully foresee”
EXCEPT that Trump was president for 4 years and not a single thing they are crying about happened.
They’ve stopped using the phrase “our democracy”. All of a sudden they concede we live in a republic, like the founder’s planned. What are they thinking? Trying to get on our good side, lull us into carelessness, before they backslide into forcing “their democracy” on us again?
It would be a real shame if some random projectile found it’s way thu their square glass.....just sayin.
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A small meteor (Just big enough to destroy their whole building) would be ideal. Alas, we can only dream.
The New York what?
Somebody needs to tell them their propaganda is over and done.
They will never reach acceptance.
Oh, hush! You guys say that about all Republicans, even the RINOs like Lindsey Graham. How many times is that sky going to fall?
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