Belmont Law Dean Gonzales Backs Harris

[u/10ecn]

Alberto Gonzales, a Republican who served as AG for Bush, publicly endorsed Harris. He is Dean of the Belmont College of law in Nashville.

[u/tn_jedi]

There are imperfect safeguards in place to protect democracy, some legal, some cultural. The problem is that Trump tells people those safeguards have failed when they are really just imperfect, and as people lose faith in the legitimacy of govt It is a lot easier to abuse govt for one's own interests. He is much like an abuser who alienates his victim from the world around them so that he can get what he wants. Why not try to strengthen the safeguards instead of throwing them out so that one politician has absolute power? That is not democracy, that is authoritarianism. It's a lot easier to tear something down than it is to rebuild it, and a lot of our ancestors died to protect what Trump is tearing down.

[u/pcm2a → u/tn_jedi]

I'm not sure what is even being referred to here, but I think you have brought up an important item. Delusions of grandeur. If we are not supposed to take Kamala and Walz unconstitutional delusions of grandeur seriously, then why take Trumps seriously either?

Example: Will Kamala be able to implement mandatory gun confiscations or remove freedom of speech? No of course not. Will she be able to implement government price controls or unrealized gains taxes? Of course not. Can Trump shut down all three letter agencies and remove income tax? Of course not.

Like you stated, we have a Constitutional Republic in place to prevent this authoritarian or totalitarian rule.

[u/tn_jedi → u/pcm2a]

We do but apparently Trump supporters would give that away for safety from brown people. The safeguards require maintenance, and we could absolutely lose our Democratic Republic.

Harris is a gun owner, Republicans have already supported gun control (Reagan as governor, assault weapons ban in Congress). The unrealized gains tax is a tricky idea, but so was the income tax when It started under Lincoln. Congress makes the laws, not the president. It is impossible to look at Trump's record honestly and support him and be a patriot, because it requires one to put a person above one's country. As far as what is unconstitutional, let's not forget that the supreme Court upheld separate but equal at one time. And we were founded with the Three-Fifths clause.

[u/pcm2a → u/tn_jedi]

Only the left makes things about color, like trying to hire based on color and create segregated spaces. Normal people don't want that. All people are shades of wheat, look up a color chart.

Make sure to vote like your country depends on it.

[u/tn_jedi → u/pcm2a]

Having studied propaganda from 1930s Germany I suspect you're not hearing what's being communicated. Trump's model wife came over on a genius visa, but no scandal there. We finally get a black president and Trump calls for a birth certificate. Good people on both sides in Charlottesville, except one side has a crap ton of Nazis. Where's the wall plan for Canada? C'mon man, it's pretty clear.

[u/jake300win46 → u/tn_jedi]

He should have to have the birth certificate. We also need a wall and better security from Canada.