Trump’s unsettling new question: ‘Why are we having an election?’ - Lemmy.World

Given Donald Trump’s hostility toward democracy, it’s worth pausing when he asks supporters, "Why are we having an election?” By all appearances, Donald Trump really doesn’t like it [https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/one-democratic-criticism-seems-bother-trump-rcna163685] when Democrats describe him as a threat to democracy [https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend/watch/-sleepwalking-into-a-dictatorship-why-trump-poses-a-serious-threat-to-democracy-208497733803], and yet, the Republican keeps saying things that reflect a degree of animosity toward the American system of government. Take the former president’s rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, for example. The New York Times reported [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/17/us/trump-harris-election/f423d6f6-d305-5db3-b5ba-16cc4d6e7b4d]: > Trump said polls suggested he was at “93 percent” although it was not clear what that number was referring to. The former president said he responded by saying: “So why are we having an election? They didn’t have an election. Why are we having an election?”