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Show me the mandate

I mean, can you please show me the mandate

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Shankar Narayan
Nov 28, 2024
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The GOP is on a projection spree.

They want the base to believe that Donald Trump has won a huge mandate to rule the country without checks and balances. This is straight out of the post-2016 MAGA political playbook, where lies become truth, up is down, books are canceled, yet cancel culture is condemned.

However, unlike before, the GOP now needs to double down on the narrative of “we have the mandate” to justify pushing some of their radical right-wing policies. Many of these policies, crafted by an underprepared Trump-era team, are fraught with risks. Measures like tariffs or mass deportations could easily backfire, unraveling the economy. They seem clueless about the potential Pandora’s box they’re opening—and they might even fear it themselves.

We’re looking at a scenario where a man who bankrupted 3 casinos is poised to manage a $28 trillion economy with $35 trillion in debt. “We have the mandate” will become the GOP’s safe harbor in 2025–2026.

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