Warnock legacy tyranny1/28/2024 Since his election in the year 2004, Trump has demonstrated that his leadership style is the actions and not of the mere words. Trust we place in a president to preserve and protect the nation’s capacity forīe his most damaging and most damning legacy.Trump's presidency Donald Trump has been an incredible success. That he has sacrificed the processes and institutions of Americanĭemocracy to achieve his own selfish ends.Īnd doing whatever he believes it takes for him to come out on top, Donald Trump has abused the He has behaved in childish and vindictive ways unbecoming a president. Of policies over another, or has lied repeatedly and chronically, or even that The essence of Trump’s failure as president – not that he has chosen one set This was far more important than their own losses or wins. Understood that the demonstrations of respect for each other and for theĬonstitution confirmed the nation’s commitment to our system of government. Of every previous American presidential election, and for the same reason. Gore and Bush made the same moral choice their predecessors made at the end – close to ones that Donald Trump has actually made – might have imperiled the Justice Department and the FBI to launch a criminal investigation of Gore. In jail for various improprieties, and then, after he won, called on the Think of what might have happened if, during his campaign, Bush had promised to put Gore What might have occurred if Gore had bitterly accused Bush of winningįraudulently, and blamed the five Republican appointees on the Supreme Courtįor siding with Bush for partisan reasons. Americans didn’t retreat into warring tribes. Voters continued to doubt the legitimacy of Bush’s victory, but there was no social Service to our country as a congressman, a senator and as vice president.” I understand how difficult this moment must beįor vice president Gore and his family. Gore and I put our hearts and hopes into our campaigns we both gave it ourĪll. Response to Gore was no less gracious: “Vice president The strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.” Let there be no doubt, while I strongly disagree with the court’sĭecision, I accept it … And tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and Rancor must now be put aside, and may God bless his stewardship of thisīowed to the institutions of our democracy. “I say to President-elect Bush that what remains of partisan Bush in 2000, after five weeks of aīitterly contested election and just one day after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 It reminds the public that our allegiance is not toward a particular person or party but to our system of government. This helps reestablish civility and social cohesion. Harvard political scientist Archon Fung has noted, once an election is over,Ĭandidates’ graciousness to one another is an important demonstration of theirĬommitment to the democratic system over the specific outcomes they fought to Our democratic system of government depends on presidents putting that system above their own partisan aims. Until now, have they tried to stir up public anger toward their former opponents. The rule of law, presidents do not prosecute their political opponents. “the kind of things I would love to be doing,” Trump crossed a particularly dangerous Justice Department to investigate Hillary Clinton, and lamenting he cannot do Indictments issued against his campaign aides. What is right and proper” by launching criminal probes of Hillary Clinton.Īttention from special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of his campaign, and of the Morning, Trump directly called on the Justice Department and the FBI to “do Referring to the Department and the FBI, “why aren’t they going after HillaryĬlinton with her emails and with her dossier?” Kind of things I would love to be doing.” I’m not supposed to be involved with the FBI. United States, I am not supposed to be involved with the Justice Department. Thursday, Trump said “the saddest thing is, because I am the President of the
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