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Targetpractice1/14/2017 2:25:14 am PST

re: #181 goddamnedfrank

Only true for certain values of meaningless. Trumpā€™s Presidency will be weakened as a result, viewed as illegitimate and stolen via undue foreign manipulation along with the official complicit corrupt actions of James Comey. If anything this election helped set in motion the destruction of the Electoral College and the incipient overreach by Trump and the GOP will only further undermine and delegitimize this anti-democratic system.

In other words, pandering to the racial prejudices and scientific illiteracy held sacred by a clear minority of hate filled, small state, aging rural voters simply isnā€™t the answer.

If Trumpā€™s electoral victory had been on the order of 1 million or more votes, one could argue that the effect of efforts by Russia and Comey to swing the election were meaningless. But when his margin of victory is nearly a rounding error, thereā€™s a legit argument that outside interference swung the election. If heā€™d won the popular vote, even by a thin margin, he could argue his victory was totally legit. But in the face of both, with growing evidence that he knew and actively participated in the swinging of the election in his favor? Well, itā€™s verging very seriously on the cusp of being dubbed a ā€œcoup.ā€