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Re:Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Prov... by ceejayoz on Friday January 31, 2025 @06:57PM (#42893960)
Political legitimacy exists.

Overstating one’s narrow win as a giant mandate does too.

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Re:Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Prov... by gruez on Friday January 31, 2025 @07:12PM (#42894108)
>Overstating one’s narrow win as a giant mandate does too.

The "giant" part is inserted entirely by you. The point is that he's elected president, and the usual excuse about the popular vote doesn't apply.

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Re:Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Prov... by ceejayoz on Friday January 31, 2025 @07:28PM (#42894250)
No, it isn’t inserted by me.

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/g-s1-38003/trump-mandate-pres...

> "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate," he said.

Which given the maps at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_United_States_presidentia... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_United_States_presidentia... is just a dumb claim.

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