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In fact, it didn’t. Trump continued to make “no new wars” a plank of his platform.

Some of his base will follow wherever he goes, but he would not have been elected without those who supported him on the basis of this (broken) promise.



Trump said this wasn’t a war.

Americans voted for this confrontational, disrespectful, and chaotic way of governing.


And the 36% that sat out for reasons also contributed.

Use vote.gov to find out if youre registered

Use 5calls.org to find out about top issues to call your reps about.

Use govtrack.us to find out about what's going on.

If there was a github.com view of the govt agenda it'd be easy for more people to comment on things. At all scales of governance




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