(11-17-2020, 05:04 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Can I get a name of a politician that is not trying to deceive the American people?
I don't believe they're all decievers, but even if they were, that's not justification for any one of them to be. We're governed by "we the people". And I'm of the opinion that our leaders should be held accountable by "we the people", not just for fighting for policies that we like, but for attempting to govern and lead justly. It may be difficult to hold them accountable at times, but we should at least try. Trump is flat out subverting democracy for either his own gain, or something worse. If we blow things like this off because "they all do it" (which they don't all do what he's doing since what he's doing is inprecdented un the U.S.), then we've ignored our responsibility as "we the people", and at some point, the existance of a democracy will get blown off as well.
Fortunately he's not quite powerful enough to pull off a coup. And he may not even want to. It appears he may be fundraising (how lame!). But the fact that such a large portion of the population can be decieved by claims devoid of evidence makes me wonder what's going to happen when a more charismatic and talented leader comes along who decides he isn't quite ready to give up his power.