CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan talks to MAGA Republican voters and die-hard Donald Trump supporters who are pushing back on the rhetoric around Trump being bad for US democracy because America is actually a republic.
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The U.S. is a "Democratic Republic." I'm shocked at how many of my fellow Americans don't know that.
THE BANKERS STARTED THE WHOLE BS OF DESCRIBING AMERICA AS A DEMOCRACY"
IT'S NOT A DEMONCRACY!!
So long as every citizen has the right to cast a ballot in a free and fair election, it is a democracy. A republic is a type of democracy where you vote for someone to represent you and they vote on policy on your behalf. Trump doesn't want free and fair elections. He wants absolute power. That isn't democracy. That isn't a republic either. It's tyranny and that is what you are voting for by voting for Trump.
Indeed the constitution was initially designed as a slave republic which is why it was termed a “compact with hell”
Welcome to the banana republic and his voters
They're right! We're not a democracy and never have been!
Stop spreading lies ..america is not a democracy it is a Republic….
We are a constitutional republic, not a democracy
Fear Mongering
Democracy is not defined by Webster, it is defined by the USA if your not in their sphere of influence then you’re not democratic.
Garbage channel
DEMOCRACY :
Democracy is often said to mean 'rule by the people'. An example of this is any system of government in which people vote their elected representatives into parliament.
They are the same thing lol! I have been told that also, well it’s been a democracy my entire life I am 72. Trump thinks it’s a democracy because he said he wants to get rid of our democracy, maybe someone should tell him! It’s a constitutional democratic Republic ( Democracy) they are one in the same, they essentially mean the same thing.
Remember the days when all kids recited the American Pledge of Allegience in School? "And to the Republic for which it stands.." You might want to at least look up why we are a Republic which entails Democratic Voting but with Checks & Balances to limit Mob Rule.
This is so dishonest. It ignores admitting the real difference between Democracy and Republic and implies those statin America is a Republic don't want democracy. They are connected But a Republic keeps us from Mob Rule. Look at why we are a Republic and why our founders chose it for our government instead of just believing a totally biased new report that only shows one slanted view.
At the time the constitution was written did EVERYONE have the right to vote in an election. Did they want a representative democracy ? Why do some states today get excessive numbers of reps in congres, unfairly so, especially those representative of illegal immigrants, giving a political party more voting power / clout in congress, and not other states….; who lose power. There are big issues with the so called democracy, just as in the UK
Still a people who rule. 4 the people.
It's a republic if you can keep it ~ Benjamin Franklin~
We are a democratic republic. Also known as a Constitutional Republic. Show me anywhere in out founding papers where they say democracy. PERIOD.
The crazy part is that my Republican, Regan-era grandparents would have viewed these extreme Trump supporters as either traitorous, or truly crazy.
They would have been appalled by all their flag-themed clothing, as that is poor flag etiquette and used to be actively discouraged.
It’s been a huge downfall for the Republican Party in just a decade or two. Lord knows what it will look like 5-10 years from now.
It's a fact. Read your constitution lol
Democrats have shoved this crap down our throats and look what we got a bunch of demons running the government
Constitutional Republic people geez
I pledge my allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands… 0:47
Not a brain cell between them.
I like Trump , but he would have no chance if 67% of people in the South had a brain cell.
Do Trump supporters even realize Biden isn't even running?😂
The United States is a representative democracy, which means that the people of the United States elect their Representatives into office, and we are in fact a Constitutional Republic that embraced a representative democracy that the Founding Fathers enshrined into our Constitution to ensure that there would never be a king or dictator who rules or governs over the American people.
Trump and his sycophants have done a good job trying to convince everyone that we don't live in a Democracy so that when they swoop in and take away all of their Constitutional rights that they'll just sit back and say to themselves that it was never a Democracy in the first place.
Wake the fuck up people, because we do live in a Democracy that also happens to be a Constitutional Republic.
We are not a democracy we are a constitutional Republic. Go back to school ! Our for fathers hated democracies matter of fact they quoted it many times.
A true democracy is (as i was always told ) majority rule .and since the republican president often gets elected with less votes i think “democratic republic” is a better descriptor.. also because the representatives being democratically voted in ,are then to carry out the will of the republic ….or am i wrong ? If not, the problem imo is the electoral college … not that im saying straight democratically elected officials is definitely better to get the will of the majority enacted into law …but it does seem to be . Especially with the legal checks and balances
The democratic party are pathological liars.
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS went to great lengths to ensure that WE WERE a REPUBLIC AND not a DEMOCRACY.
Do you know the word DEMOCRACY DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE CONSTITUTION, OR ANY OTHER OF OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS.
Our founders were extremely insightful. They knew one day that there would be a government such as the Biden administration, and now even the Harris administration.
Thomas Jefferson once said…
• "When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."
• "A true patriot will defend his country from its government."
• "There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety."
James Madison once said…
• "A President is impeachable if he attempts to subvert the Constitution."
• "If our nation is ever taken over, it will be from within."
• "The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority."
There’s only one solution to America's growing democratic illness/corruption problem.
Vote those responsible out of office across the nation. They are dictator wannabes. Yes, there are democrats masquerading as republicans as well. Look at their House and Senate voting records.
To clarify for anyone who doesn't actually know what the trump supporters mean. They're arguing definitions… not that they want tyranny.
(Gotta play it up for clicks)
They're arguing that by definition, america is a republic… because we elect representatives and have regulations rather than go by pure majority rule.
Given that Trump won in 2016 despite losing popular/majority vote, this argument actually holds up. It's weak and semantical, but it does hold logic to it.
I just want everyone to know the founding fathers hated Democracy and it's never stated in any founding document other than in The Federalists Papers, and it's mentioned as a bad thing 😂😂😂😂