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Yeah. I know. I’d almost just let Trump have another 4 years if we could just restore faith in democracy and see our elected officials compromise across the isle more. And for QAnon to never have happened. Too many folks with guns believe that nonsense.



> I’d almost just let Trump have another 4 years if we could just restore faith in democracy

Would that restore faith in democracy? Or would that demonstrate that if you yell loudly enough about the election being stolen, then it will be given to you no matter what.


I dunno. I think the man is as evil as everyone else does, but what are we to do I fear, Q anon and gun toting crazies more than I fear a grifter president.


> but what are we to do I fear, Q anon and gun toting crazies

What do you think the next election would be like if we let them override this one? How do you think they would behave?


You think more Trump would help? He’s the one who started pushing the stolen election idea before votes even started. He’s a danger to democracy.


> He’s the one who started pushing the stolen election idea before votes even started.

Omitted from your statement is that he first did this in 2016. He was prepping a "the election was stolen from me" claim at that time when it looked like he might lose, but when he ended up winning, he still claimed voter fraud had occurred. He said he would have won by more if NH hadn't been stolen by illegal immigrants who were sent via bus to cast fraudulent votes. He started a commission to find evidence of that, and it dissolved after it couldn't make any progress (because no such fraud existed). This was a footnote in 2017 many people have forgotten, but it presaged 2020.


By your logic, Hillary Clinton is also a "danger to democracy".

https://news.yahoo.com/hillary-clinton-maintains-2016-electi...


I'm good with that.


I'm good with that too :)




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