12-26-2018, 08:29 PM
(12-26-2018, 08:22 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Oh, the never getting old popular vote issue. Our current POTUS was duly elected by the American people uses our form of government that has been in place for centuries and one of his promises was to construct a wall; so yes, it was asked for.
When a POTUS is elected without winning the popular vote, they do not have a mandate backing their policies. This is a commonly understood thing. It has also been backed up with opinion polling since then that indicates the majority of the people in this country do not want a border wall.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
