-Trump cannot do most of what he promised, even with a republican senate and house.
-He still has a rape case coming up and may still serve jail time.
-Trump ran as a democrat in 2012 and has tried to become president for way longer than you think. The only reason he went to republican is because he realized it would be easier.
-He is a joke and just wanted to become president as an ego boost. He’s not actually interested in making any real changes.
-His supporters will start to abandon him when they realize he can’t fulfill their desires.
-it’s just going to be 4 years. Besides, we’ve had bad presidents before and survived.
-We can always impeach him.
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I know that it may be dangerous for a lot of people the next few days but trust me, it’s not the end of the world.
We will protest. We will impeach. We will fight. We’re not gonna let an attention hungry dried up orange ruin our lives.
Stay safe and stay positive. There is always hope and I hope this has helped you.
…yeah, this is bullshit.
- Trump absolutely can do most of what he wants with both houses of Congress. Especially because he’s going to be able to stack the SCOTUS.
- The rape case was dropped. Which doesn’t mean it didn’t have merit, but it’s no longer coming up.
- Trump did not run as a Democrat in 2012. He threatened to run as a Republican. This is his second official run. In 2000, he ran for the Reform Party nomination.
- He offered Kasich the opportunity to be “the most powerful Vice President in history,” by which he meant being in charge of “foreign and domestic policy” while Trump would be in charge of “making America great again.” So you’re right in a sense, but wrong because Mike Pence is effectively the POTUS. You know, the guy who wanted to have miscarriages investigated as murders and make those who have them have funerals for them. And wants to ban gay marriage again by stacking the SCOTUS with judges willing to overturn it. And wants nationwide stop-and-frisk.
- He can fulfill his promises because he has a majority of both houses of Congress. On top of that, they didn’t start following him for logical reasons and they’re not going to stop following him for logical reasons either. You’re assuming rational thought will come from people largely incapable of it, and that’s a mistake.
- In his first four years, Bush 43 had us in two wars, turned a budget surplus into a deficit, cut taxes for the rich, restricted abortion rights and stem cell research in a huge way, curtailed our civil liberties in huge ways, and started domestic surveillance through the NSA. If you don’t think Trump can do a lot in four years, you’re on crack. Also, we were certain in 2000 (and 2001, 2002, 2003, and the first ten months and change of 2004) that Bush wasn’t going to get a second term, but guess what? This country is dumb enough to elect Trump, so they’re dumb enough to re-elect him. Especially if the Democrats put up someone who isn’t “fun” enough for the morons we call our fellow countrymen. And we’ve had bad Presidents before, but they caused damage that lasted way longer than their terms (Reagan’s eight years are still causing problems twenty-eight years after he left office, and obviously we’re still feeling the effects of Bush 43), and Trump is worse than any of them by far.
- We can’t impeach him. To be impeached, he has to be brought up on charges (”high crimes and misdemeanors”) by the House of Representatives and then tried in the Senate. Conviction requires a two-thirds majority vote, and removal from office is only one of an infinite number of possible outcomes. Do you think the Republican-controlled House is going to charge Trump with a crime? Do you think the Republican-controlled Senate will vote–specifically with a two-thirds majority–to convict Trump, and then choose to remove him from office rather than levy fines or something? It’s not going to happen.
We do need to protest, but your optimism is based on complete ignorance, and spreading bullshit is helping no one.
fucking thank you