The voting theory jargon is that there is a center squeeze when you use first-past-the-post with primaries. Ranked choice has the same problem, but to a lesser degree.
Consider instead that Trump was elected with over 50% of the popular vote
But that's wrong. Trump received 49.8% of the votes.
Being against kids dying isn’t a partisan issue.
Of course it is, Trump paused the program and Biden didn't. The reason that Trump paused the program is that he doesn't want to spend money on the program. He would rather spend money on other things, probably domestically on things in the US and on tax cuts. That's his whole agenda: America First. He doesn't care about other countries or the people in those countries. Thinking that both parties care about babies dying in some far away country is just hopeful thinking.
I’ll be rooting for Anora, but wow the awards process is dumb when you actually look at it.
If you want to dislike the awards process even more then you can read anonymous interviews from jury members, which make it clear that some in the jury don't watch that many movies and are generally uninformed – assuming the interviews aren't faked, as anonymous interviews easily are.
Also, I disliked Anora so I'll be rooting against it. :)
I don't usually comment about politics (or much of anything else) here so I don't really know how what I should write in these comments, but I think this is more about people wanting to know what Trump supporters are thinking than about determining what they are and aren't right about. If I was trying to prove whether or not my interpretation is correct I supposed I would do this differently.
Sorry for badgering you so much, I've appreciated the discussion. Some of the other Trump supporters here seemed to have very weird beliefs and values, but your values don't seem that far away from mine. I think I got a better understanding of why you think what you do (though of course I disagree on things). Thanks for answering a bunch of questions :)
He was saying the election did not actually get held properly and that changes things.
No, it does not. Laws, regulations and the constitution exists in a society in order to coordinate behavior among it's citizens. Laws, regulations and the constitution does not assume that everyone follows the law. In fact, it does the opposite, it assumes that people will break laws, that people will break regulations and that people will go against the constitution. That's why there are mechanisms to punish people who go against them. You cannot terminate the constitution just because you think people broke the law.
Edit: Also, if there is some court case you think shouldn't have been thrown out, then you are free to link it.
Edit2: I don't understand why this comment got so downvoted
I don't know what Trump actually thinks, and neither do you, but we seem to disagree strongly on it anyway. I don't want to try to read your mind, but that part is at least very obvious.
I don't care that much about what's in his mind. I care what he has done, what he has said and what he will do. The precise motivations don't matter that much to me.
What if Trump said "God showed himself to me and he said the vote was rigged"? As an agnostic who trusts Trump, maybe you would think it was true. But should that matter? No, because godly revelations is not how we run our country. And neither is revelations from Trump. It doesn't matter if the election was stolen if it can't be shown to be true through our justice system (courts, FBI, DOJ, etc.). And it couldn't be shown through the justice system, so unless we want to ignore all laws, rules and the constitution, then Trump just has to take the loss.
Trump and company brought many court cases after the election but before inauguration that were thrown out due to things that had nothing to do with the merits of the evidence (things like standing, or timeliness)
Yes, and they were able to say "Look, we have a bunch of active cases, there's something fishy here" and then "They are throwing out our cases for no reason, look how rigged the system is". If they bring a bunch of cases which gets thrown out, then you should trust them less.
I don't really care about Giuliani, but the Giuliani article is extremely bad form since the bbc's summary of his 'concession' is not a good summary. It says only that he will not fight specific points in court 'nolo contendre', it is not an admission to lying.
I don't care what the BBC said. Giuliani said false statements. For the court he agreed they were false. If he had evidence that they were true, he would not have conceded in court that they were false. That he didn't have evidence for his claims means that you should trust his allegations of voter fraud less. It should also make you trust Trump's allegations of voter fraud less, as they were the same allegations.
Also, the cnbc article is largely bare assertions, by a known hyper partisan outfit (according to me, which is the only authority I have to go on). Why should I believe them? (Yes, this can make it difficult to know what happened, which was my claim.) The other side has just as many bare assertions in the opposite direction.
I linked cnbc to support the statement "Trump asked the DOJ to lie, say that the election was rigged, without evidence. And when they didn't he threatened to fire them.", and the article contains statements from "Jeffrey Rosen", "Richard Donoghue" and "Steven Engel" to support that. I don't care what cnbc said, I care what the DOJ said.
I think [Trump] values law (with moderate confidence).
But not when he believes there's been fraud right? Remember, he said:
A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution
So he doesn't care that much about rules, regulations or the constitution. He thinks the government should be allowed to terminate "all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution". This is not consistent with someone who values law. Maybe someone dislikes some laws, but all laws? All regulations? The whole constitution? That's pretty extreme.
I think this post greatly overestimates how many political disagreements depend on fact and science, and underestimates how many depend on values and morality.