Among the most ridiculous lies told by Republicans during the recent impeachment hearings is the fantasy that President Trump was elected “according to the will of the American people.”
True, Donald Trump did earn just under 63 million votes. But Hillary Clinton earned just under 66 million votes. The will of the American people was to have Hillary Clinton be their president.
The will of the American people was thwarted by an archaic electoral college system that utterly failed to work as the founders intended, and should be abolished.
Any argument that impeaching and removing this president would be “overturning the will of the people” is based on a fictitious alternate reality. If anything, removing this president would bring us closer to the will of the American people than we have been for the past three years.
We, the people, must not allow this lie about our wishes to go uncorrected.
Daniel Craig Friend, Provo
