F’rinstance, @baconmeteor is fond of saying that politics in the American tradition might end if Trump takes office.
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Replying to @tqbf
… but using the offices of the current administration to alter the outcome of a completed election would DEFINITELY do that.
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Replying to @tqbf
I agree it's a bad idea, but the electoral college has rules (this is why Hillary didn't win), so the election isn't over yet.
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don't know how ppl can believe the state-based winner-take-all part of EC is
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Replying to @wycats
The fact that it’s just for show is how we rationalize it being OK for there to be an EC to begin with.
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Replying to @tqbf
plenty of people have suddenly found religion about other undemocratic properties of the EC.
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being clear: I agree with you abt the consequence, but I find it ironic that the popular vote split doesn't trigger a legitimacy issue
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Replying to @tqbf
right. It's just silly that people can say "the American ppl delivered an unprecedented, stunning rebuke" (~mandate) and also 1/
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say that if the EC not only split from the PV, but voted (legally) for someone else, it would trigger a legitimacy crisis. 2/
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it's just pretty WAT to me. Again, I agree it would be a legitimacy issue and don't think they should do it. Just annoying to see 3/
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Trump suffer no legitimacy costs for something that really *should* have some. 4/4
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