• EatATaco@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    In 2016 many people I read thought a Trump presidency would literally be the end of US democracy

    And it almost was. Remember, he lost an election and tried to send fake electors in to declare him president. When that didn’t work, he worked up his cultists into attacking the capitol in order to threaten pence into not certifying the election. It was so dangerously close to a constitutional crisis that Republicans and Democrats banded together to say that the VP does not have this power.

    Also trump nominated three members of scotus, and it was that majority that just opened the door for the president to commit all kinds of crime with immunity.

    The pain of his last presence is still playing out, and it doesn’t look good.

    I’m more concerned that if he wins again, he’ll complete gut the government and even if he does step aside when his term is up, the damage will be done and we will have no ability to tackle some of the biggest issues facing us: namely climate change.