'You’d be in jail': Trump VP hopeful slammed for claiming 'we’re living under a dictatorship'
North Dakota Governor Doug Bergum was confident in his ability to become the 2024 GOP nominee over Donald Trump. Now, he's not only vying to be the former president's running mate, but he's a top contender.
In his effort to secure his spot as Trump's VP, Bergum is slamming President Joe Biden's leadership in the process.
During a Wednesday Fox News interview, the Republican leader said, "Under Joe Biden, we're actually living under a dictatorship today," the Republican governor said, "where he's bypassing Congress on immigration policy, he's bypassing Congress on protecting our border, he's bypassing Congress on student loan forgiveness — he's defying the Supreme Court. I mean, that's what dictators and authoritarians do is they don't follow our Democratic processes, they just assert their own liberal view."
An authoritarian is someone who amasses power to amass more power, often exploiting gray areas in the law to do it — or ignoring the rule of law outright. In some senses of the definition, Trump fits the mold, says Meredith McGehee, a government ethics expert who formerly headed the bipartisan political reform group Issue One. For example: Trump ignored dozens of court rulings saying he had lost the 2020 election as he tried to stay in power anyway.
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@nathans you were on to something until the end with the example:
No, Trump didn’t ignore dozens of court rulings saying he’d lost the election, since that’s not how the courts work, nor is it how presidential elections work.
On top of that, he didn’t take any substantial actions wrt to the election that were authoritarian.
Both Trump and Biden are guilty of impeachable authoritarian actions, working outside of the law. The thesis is well-served by a huge number of examples.
It’s just, that’s not one.
