We the people actually chose Trump

Posted 5/2/17

To The Editor: The Thursday, Jan. 26, letter to the editor talked about how “we the people” chose Clinton for president by 3 million votes. I don’t think I have to remind the writer of the …

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We the people actually chose Trump

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To The Editor:The Thursday, Jan. 26, letter to the editor talked about how “we the people” chose Clinton for president by 3 million votes. I don’t think I have to remind the writer of the “Electoral College” process, he is smart enough to know, or that we have an estimated 10 to 12 million illegal people in this country and in some states you can obtain a drivers license and then easily place your name on the voter registration roll.However, for the others (who) just can’t get over it, the Electoral College is a process, not a place. Since the inception of the U.S. Constitution about 225 years ago, we have had the system of an Electoral College in place to avoid exactly what happened, and California is an example, a 4 million vote difference in one state alone.Apparently our Founding Fathers were smart enough to know that states such as New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Virginia and Massachusetts, which held the higher populations, in the 1700s would dominate the election process. Other states would not have any say in the federal election process unless it was based on a fair representation with the amount of representatives and senators each state had at the time of the election. Now, 200 years later, in 2016, Florida, Texas, New York and California hold the higher populations. Numerous states in 2016 cast the higher majority percentage of votes for Donald J. Trump, giving him an overwhelming victory of electoral votes from all the people in all the states. So, it may be exactly as Trump said, “She campaigned in the wrong states.” Being fair to all states and not just by a population vote was the intent then, and it still exists today, so get over it and move on. We endured Obama for eight years and H.R. Clinton was just a rubber stamp of the party and another candidate who never held a job where she had to meet a company payroll or “even ran a candy store.” Trump called those politicians exactly what they were, all talk and no action. Tom MassmanWarrenton


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