The Founders’ worst nightmare was a demagogue like Trump.
What they feared most was foreign interference with our domestic operation, especially after a war of independence with may British loyalists still lurking around (the conservatives, known as “Tories” in that time, just as today’s Conservative Party in the U.K. goes by the nickname “Tories” even now).
The Founders, as evidenced by Alexander Hamilton’s writings in the Federalist Papers, envisioned such a demagogue, and instituted safeguards to protect our democratic republic (representative government through elected officials).
What they did not anticipate, sadly, is the scenario in which the checks and balances would fail because of a Senate complicit in aiding and abetting the crimes against democracy.
The Founders’ worst nightmare was a demagogue like Trump.
What they feared most was foreign interference with our domestic operation, especially after a war of independence with may British loyalists still lurking around (the conservatives, known as “Tories” in that time, just as today’s Conservative Party in the U.K. goes by the nickname “Tories” even now).
The Founders, as evidenced by Alexander Hamilton’s writings in the Federalist Papers, envisioned such a demagogue, and instituted safeguards to protect our democratic republic (representative government through elected officials).
What they did not anticipate, sadly, is the scenario in which the checks and balances would fail because of a Senate complicit in aiding and abetting the crimes against democracy.