https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/1820499763713778080
Remember when he said it? It wasn’t that long ago. https://www.deseret.com/2022/12/5/23494590/donald-trump-terminate-constitution-elon-musk-mike-lee-twitter-files/
Honestly, the constitution at this point is in fact irreparably fucked after the immunity ruling.
We need to throw it all out and start over with an actual democratic system with federal distribution of power that’s an actual power sharing agreement instead of traitors jumping to whichever level of government they think they have the most control over at the moment.
Also, abolish the office of president. It’s obvious that the independent executive will permanently stand as a danger to the republic no matter who ascends to the white house. The concept inherently promotes parasitic leaching of powers whenever an opposing branch doesn’t do thing the executive wants.
Most of the blighted systems in US government could heal organically (democratically) with just a handful of critical amendments. Throwing it out might be overkill.
For example, establishing multi member district plurality would allow FAR greater flexibility for major progress (including further amendments to the Constitution) since coalition governments have larger majorities to clear the otherwise stringent voting thresholds.
Re: the presidency, I tend to agree. Beyond the usefulness of a figurehead, every purported benefit of a unilateral decision maker is a potential liability of equal or greater magnitude.
TL;DR: all constitutions can/should be fixed continuously. Figurehead-oriented presidencies can be useful, but one office should wield little to no power. Giving them nukes is a recipe for disaster.
LiberalGunNut here™.
“I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man’s case that just took place in Florida … to go to court would have taken a long time,” Trump said at a meeting with lawmakers on school safety and gun violence.
“Take the guns first, go through due process second,” Trump said.
Yep. He said that.
What the hell? His entire voter base is hardcore second-amendment absolutists!
I ask, not for the first time and almost certainly not the last: HOW THE HELL DOES THIS MAN STILL HAVE A SINGLE SOUL ON EARTH WILLING TO VOTE FOR HIM?
I’m sure r/conservative will be happy to hear about this new piece of information so they can make better decisions in the future.
edit seems like I’m shadowbanned
You can’t get shadowbanned by subreddits. You are either shadowbanned across reddit completely, or the /r/conservative mods gave you a regular ban from their subreddit. It’s also possible your comment/post is stuck in moderation queue and therefore not visible to others until it gets manually approved by a moderator
Trump runs a company of like 12 employees.
Trump could never trust any organization that he can’t threaten directly or by proxy.
Did anyone else notice that Trump refused to have any of his “acting” heads of federal agencies be confirmed. Because “acting” ones could be replaced summarily by Trump. Once confirmed Trump loses that executive flex and thus doesn’t know how to politic except under those means.
Trump refuses to play ball because he is not as smart as Harris, Biden, John McCain, Obama, Bush & Shrub, Clinton2.
Channeling the Obama “Let me be clear” energy