Why did Obama say "Democracy" many times but never "Republic"?

Because he's a Democrat.

And our system of a Republic functions as a form of democracy, a representative democracy. Which is far better than a direct democracy.

Who gives a frick. Why did you even watch that trash

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Most of the ignorant people listening have no idea what a republic is.

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Like the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? Or the Islamic Republic of Iran?

We are a Constitutional Republic, but Republic itself is broadly used by nations with vastly different forms of government.

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And our system of a Republic functions as a form of democracy, a representative democracy.

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I was taught the USA is a representative Republic not a representative Democracy.

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I have no idea. Glad you pointed it out so I can point it out to my fellow klansman. #kkk

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I hate to be the one to tell you this but Sen. Strom Thurmond and Sen. Robert Byrd died quite a while ago.

Jesus you really bent over backwards to get riled up over nothing.

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I was taught the USA is a representative Republic not a representative Democracy.

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Well then you and your teachers are fricking morons because you're confusing two different concepts as mutually exclusive when they are not.

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I am well aware of why our founding fathers decided to have both a Senate and a House of Representatives.

Thanks for having a civil discussion about this with me.

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They are essentially interchangeable.

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No, they aren't. There is a difference. We are a republic. We are not a democracy.

While we are not a direct democracy, the term democracy is broadly applied to several types of Western forms of government, including representative republics.

Just seems like a waste of a thread to try to play gotcha over semantics when Presidents have consistently referred to the US as a democracy.

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Just seems like a waste of a thread to try to play gotcha over semantics when Presidents have consistently referred to the US as a democracy.

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Although many people refer to the US as a democracy we are a constitutional republic. If you describe democracy as invented by the greeks it simply means majority rule. Although our Senators and Representatives are elected by majority rule thats as far as it goes. None of the laws they pass or even the election of the Potus is by majority rule. Even a majority of jurors cannot convict. The word democracy also doesn't appear in the Constitution.