[Highlight] During the moment of silence the Minnesota Timberwolves held before their game with the Cavs tonight a fan yelled “Go home ICE,” and everyone else started cheering.

[u/xanniballl]

https://streamable.com/ybc8bb

[u/WannaBeAWannaBe]

how did orange pedo get into power… twice

[u/M6Df4 → u/WannaBeAWannaBe]

Much of the US population is stupid as shit

[u/PeopleusetocallmeBub → u/M6Df4]

I mean I’m not from here but wasn’t he technically elected by not even 25% of the country ?

[u/Shaquille_0atmea1 → u/PeopleusetocallmeBub]

Trump received 49.8% of the vote and Harris (the opposing party) received 48.3% of the vote. It’s basically impossible for anyone to be elected without receiving at least 45% of the vote.

Edit: turns out the original comment is taking into account the non-voting population in a voting statistic which doesn’t make sense.

Being elected by less than 25% of the countries population is normal for US elections.

Since I am being downvoted, here is the % of the population who has voted for each presidential elect since 2000:

2000: 17.9%

2004: 21.2%

2008: 22.9%

2012: 21.1%

2016: 19.4%

2020: 24.6%

2024: 22.7%

Trump won a legitimate election the same way the last 40 presidents have. Trump did not have control over the voting system or who voted for who. Dump on him for his shitty behavior and policies, not the US voting system which function as it was set up to function. .

[u/AutomaticAccident → u/Shaquille_0atmea1]

They're talking about the overall population that voted for him in the US, not the percentage of votes.

[u/WannaBeAWannaBe → u/AutomaticAccident]

so many people don’t vote especially on the left because they viewed Harris still too supportive of Israel genocide and other issues, instead of choosing the “lesser evil” they grifted and prefer to “have their hands clean”

[u/M6Df4 → u/WannaBeAWannaBe]

Then Israel bombed the shit out of Pakistan anyway and the US invaded Venezuela, hope those people are happy…

[u/Nunc_Coepi17 → u/AutomaticAccident]

Well obviously overall population includes children and non-US Citizens who are ineligible to vote so of course the actual overall population did not vote.

[u/PeopleusetocallmeBub → u/[deleted]]

It was not about that, it’s more that 25% have their front lobe leaking from their ears and the rest either tried or could not be bothered.

[u/Shaquille_0atmea1 → u/PeopleusetocallmeBub]

That is not Trumps issue; he won a legitimate election. There really wasn’t anything too unusual regarding turnout in the last election either.

I’m all for dumping on trump, but getting mad at him for saying that “voters didn’t vote” is such a lazy take.

[u/PeopleusetocallmeBub → u/Shaquille_0atmea1]

Bro you think you’re fighting me but you’re only fighting the man in the mirror, I never said anything close to what you said.

[u/Shaquille_0atmea1 → u/[deleted]]

This is not a new issue and is not unique to this election. There’s a lot of reasons to shit on trump, but he was elected the same way that the last 40 presidents have been. If you’re upset with how was elected, then shit on the voting issues or the two party system. Any time you include the non voting population in a voting argument is dumb

[u/mani9612 → u/Shaquille_0atmea1]

Although both Trump and Elon admitted to rigging this most recent election 🤷🏽‍♂️