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Disgruntled Democrats Want A Constitutional Convention To Leave The Union

Posted on 12/6/16 at 4:54 pm
Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
123894 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 4:54 pm
Disgruntled Democrats Want A Constitutional Convention To Leave The Union
Claim They Are Three States Away



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On Tuesday, disgruntled Democrats held a forum to discuss the possibility of replacing the Electoral College.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) conceded that Democrats could not get rid of the Electoral College due to the way the United States Constitution is written.

“I don’t think we can sustain our American democracy by having the majority ruled by the minority. And so the question is how to fix this since the Constitution is written in such a way that it’s almost impossible to amend,” Lofgren said.

Lofgren went on to say she is open to a Constitutional Convention, “We are three states away from calling for a Constitutional Convention. It’s something I’ve always been opposed to, …. But I’ll say because, for the second time in sixteen years, people the American voters elected did not become president. Rational people, not the fringe, are now talking about whether states could be separated from the U.S., whether we should have a Constitutional Convention. And I think as time goes on that is apt to become more the case unless we here can figure an answer to preventing the majority from being ruled by the minority.

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Posted by biggsc
32.4767389, 35.5697717
Member since Mar 2009
34209 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 4:55 pm to
tCOW can leave the union for all I care
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
69294 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 4:55 pm to
One can only hope.
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
33891 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 4:57 pm to
quote:

Rational people
Posted by FooManChoo
Member since Dec 2012
41672 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 4:58 pm to
quote:

I don’t think we can sustain our American democracy by having the majority ruled by the minority.
We aren't a democracy and majority rule leads to subjugation of the weaker/fewer by the stronger/many. Being a Constitutional Republic prevents both the majority and the minority from having their rights stripped away due to who is ruling that given day.

Let them leave.
Posted by toratiger
susukino
Member since Aug 2008
2604 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 4:58 pm to
Prays sent.
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
55294 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 4:58 pm to
quote:

Rational people, not the fringe, are



There aren't enough
Posted by Aubie Spr96
lolwut?
Member since Dec 2009
41111 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 4:59 pm to
I'm fine with this.
Posted by TidenUP
Dauphin Island
Member since Apr 2011
14429 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 5:00 pm to
If they really want to leave the country, then LEAVE THE COUNTRY. Just pack your shite and go. By seceding, you give up citizenship anyway. Mass migrate the hell on out.
Posted by Jimbeaux28
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
4051 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 5:00 pm to
They have it backwards when they say the Majority ruled by the minority. If we went to popular vote, 5 states would elect the president
Posted by Crimson Wraith
Member since Jan 2014
24747 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 5:02 pm to
Conservatives have been working on a convention of states for about 5 years.
Posted by Redbone
my castle
Member since Sep 2012
18841 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 5:04 pm to
quote:

are now talking about whether states could be separated from the U.S.,
Wasn't there a war fought over this issue a few years back?? Oh well, those that don't know history are doomed to repeat it!!
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
79676 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 5:06 pm to
Paging all those liberals who take such delight in calling Robert E. Lee a traitor...
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35495 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 5:07 pm to
quote:

“I don’t think we can sustain our American democracy by having the majority ruled by the minority.


She got like 2 million more votes, that's nothing.

That's basically Queens, NY.
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
67883 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 5:07 pm to
I'm all for putting in an amendment setting out a peacefull secession process.

Have been for a long time.
Posted by rds dc
Member since Jun 2008
19809 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 5:10 pm to
quote:


They have it backwards when they say the Majority ruled by the minority. If we went to popular vote, 5 states would elect the president


Actually, it's not 5, it's California.
Posted by WarBuzzard
Bammer
Member since Oct 2016
910 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 5:15 pm to
Anybody want to start a GoFund Me for these frickwads?
Posted by Loserman
Member since Sep 2007
21874 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 5:15 pm to
HAHA

They would not be happy with the result.

It is the conservative peoples who would benefit from an Article 5 convention.

The Libtards would lose their minds after the constitution got rewritten to re-establish the original intent, and their 100+ years of chipping away at our freedom would disappear.
Posted by Themole
Palatka Florida
Member since Feb 2013
5557 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 5:17 pm to
quote:

Paging all those liberals who take such delight in calling Robert E. Lee a traitor...


Only a sorry SOB would do that.
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 12/6/16 at 5:18 pm to
everyone's wet dream

Texas gets to be a country again.

The Pacific coast gets to be eco-topian.



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