Republicans love to use rhetorically to claim everyone else needs to shut up because they have the mandate.
Republicans also love to completely ignore the popular vote when they lose it, just like they did when Trump lost the popular vote in 2016. Anyone who isn’t a MAGAt and hears that argument and takes them seriously is either ignorant or are being obtuse.
I’m not saying that people shouldn’t still vote, they certainly should but for more practical reasons like getting leftists elected to local and regional offices wherever that is possible.
If you live in a Red State, and in a Red county, and in a Red Township, your vote likely won’t mean a whole lot, but you should still do it, but not because you can throw it back in a Republicans face when they lose the popular vote because they quite literally do not care.
It’s not about what Republicans care about. It’s about controlling the narrative. The popular vote is a tool that can be used to control the narrative. The popular vote is useful and so voting even if it only contributes to the popular vote is still useful. And of course if enough people don’t vote then any state is in play.
They don’t ‘control the narrative’ that’s what I am saying. They don’t give a single solitary fuck about the popular vote, so who would believe them when they claim ‘a mandate’ because they “won” the popular vote? It doesn’t make any sense.
It’s like if a Nazi came up to you and said you were anti-Semitic for being anti-Zionist, are you going to believe they care about antisemitism? Are you going to feel ashamed by their words or change your position in any way because of it? You would be a fool to do so.
Republicans also love to completely ignore the popular vote when they lose it, just like they did when Trump lost the popular vote in 2016. Anyone who isn’t a MAGAt and hears that argument and takes them seriously is either ignorant or are being obtuse.
I’m not saying that people shouldn’t still vote, they certainly should but for more practical reasons like getting leftists elected to local and regional offices wherever that is possible.
If you live in a Red State, and in a Red county, and in a Red Township, your vote likely won’t mean a whole lot, but you should still do it, but not because you can throw it back in a Republicans face when they lose the popular vote because they quite literally do not care.
It’s not about what Republicans care about. It’s about controlling the narrative. The popular vote is a tool that can be used to control the narrative. The popular vote is useful and so voting even if it only contributes to the popular vote is still useful. And of course if enough people don’t vote then any state is in play.
They don’t ‘control the narrative’ that’s what I am saying. They don’t give a single solitary fuck about the popular vote, so who would believe them when they claim ‘a mandate’ because they “won” the popular vote? It doesn’t make any sense.
It’s like if a Nazi came up to you and said you were anti-Semitic for being anti-Zionist, are you going to believe they care about antisemitism? Are you going to feel ashamed by their words or change your position in any way because of it? You would be a fool to do so.
Some people do though. I’ve seen and debunked the facebook posts.
I was talking in terms of the median voter.