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		plaidphantom 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Tongue Is a Fire Winning with a 49.8% popular vote is hardly a "mandate".

noqc 9 months ago [–]

Winning an election in a democratic country is a mandate. I also wish Trump wasn't elected president, but he definitely was.

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