https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5027134-trump-nominees-senate-gop/
Trump’s critics have pushed back on the idea that the incoming administration has a sweeping mandate from the public. While Trump won the seven battleground states in November, he did not crack 50 percent support nationally, and his popular vote margin was under 2 percentage points.
“To the extent that there was any mandate that has emerged from this most recent election, it is that the American people want us to work hard to lower the high cost of living and to bring down grocery prices, gas prices, the cost of childcare, and housing costs,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters Friday.
Back in 1992, Clinton beat Bush because Perot took 18% of the vote. Clinton won on one of the lowest percentages in history. And yet I don't remember people saying he had no sweeping mandate. They talked about all the states he flipped (because of Perot), all the regions of the country he won (because of Perot) and how this was the beginning of a new re-alignment in American politics. But bottom line: if Perot had dropped out and endorsed Bush I, Bush I would've easily won.
ReplyDeleteAnd here's Trump with a bigger percentage, winning every vote that mattered and no, he's got no mandate?
neither had a mandate other than being president. Why is Clinton relevant to Trump's claims? Your non memory is not much of a claim!
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