Young Americans poll: Most see Trump as illegitimate president
Source: Tampa Bay Times (AP)
WASHINGTON Jermaine Anderson keeps going back to the same memory of Donald Trump, then a candidate for president of the United States, referring to some Mexican immigrants as rapists and murderers.
"You can't be saying that (if) you're the president," says Anderson, a 21-year-old student from Coconut Creek.
That Trump is undeniably the nation's 45th president doesn't sit easily with young Americans like Anderson who are the nation's increasingly diverse electorate of the future, according to a new poll. A majority of young adults 57 percent see Trump's presidency as illegitimate, including about three-quarters of blacks and large majorities of Latinos and Asians, the GenForward poll found.
GenForward is a poll of adults age 18 to 30 conducted by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/young-americans-poll-most-see-trump-as-illegitimate-president/2317106
Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)Because it is effing illegitimate!! Dump should be removed, charged with treason, and his effing assets seized for money laundering. And before he starts a goddamned war. Now!!!
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)Welcome to DU, Sculpin!
truthisfreedom
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(89,248 posts)JudyM
(29,233 posts)He is lowering the bar on acceptable conduct just as Scalia (may he rot in hell) did.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)... but there's a difference between being "illegitimate" and "unacceptable."
If the poll had been conducted correctly they would have asked the questions in a less confusing way.
If Trump's Presidency is truly illegitimate then he was never elected President, and the election was done incorrectly/illegally. The Supreme Court would be the only body to rule on that, and to set out a procedure for getting a new President elected.
On the other hand, if Trump is the legitimate President, but his behavior is unacceptable, then he can be removed by impeachment. There are laws in place to determine the next steps for impeachment/trial.
JudyM
(29,233 posts)the proper remedy if he is illegitimate. The supremes can rule it is illegitimate but they would need to send it to congress to craft law to address it.
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ManiacJoe
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(2,640 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)Regardless of whether they think him legitimate or not, there he is. Still a president.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)And never will be.