A country with 71 million Trumpers

Actually, PJ, he lost narrowly...on a relative basis, anyway. He shouldn't have received 71 votes, let alone 71 million.

I wonder if any of those 71 million Trumptards are observing Trump's deranged whiny bitch behavior now and saying to themselves, "Hey, maybe I shouldn't have voted for that douchebag."

Hahahahaha. Of course, none of them are. That would require growing a pair and/or developing a conscience.

Kevin Lewis opines: "NO city, large or small, is "run by" any political party.  

OK.  Nonetheless, consider the party affiliation of the chief executive official, of the United States' primary cities. 

Party Affiliation of the Mayors of the 100 Largest [US] Cities:

Democrat . . . . . . 63

Republican . . . . . 28

Independent . . . . 3

Non-Partisan . . . . 6

From: Ballot: "Who Runs the Cities"

Oh, . . . and there's this: "The most dangerous cities in America, ranked";

with the Mayor's Political Party Affiliation added:

1. Detroit - D

2. St. Louis - D

3. Memphis - D

4. Baltimore - D

5. Springfield, Mo - [no party]

6. Little Rock - D

7. Cleveland - D

8. Stockton, CA - D

9. Albuquerque - D

10. Milwaukee - D

[the list goes to number 50. Rochester, NY - D; unfortunately the current

mayor, Lovely Ann Warren has been indicted on felony charges relating to "fundraising"]

Ref: CBS News  [for the other 39]

Donald, shame on you for generalizing about the truth.  Stating the truth proves that you are racist.

And does DonDiego realize that in no American city does any political party participate in governance or policymaking?

Kevin Lewis opines: "And does DonDiego realize that in no American city does any political party participate in governance or policymaking?"

Umm, . . . no. 

If Kevin Lewis believes elected officials do not communicate regularly with their political party leaders and lesser-members, . . . Kevin Lewis is way more naive than poor old DonDiego thought.

They may ask their spouses--or their children---or their cats---for advice. That does not mean that those individuals actually participate in governance or policymaking.

I wonder if DonDiego's faux outrage extends to cities that are "run by" Republicans. Just for grins, it should be noted that the Republican Party does indeed keep its elected officials on a very, very short leash. The Democratic Party, not so much.

Kevin Lewis opines:

"They may ask their spouses--or their children---or their cats---for advice. That does not mean that those individuals actually participate in governance or policymaking."

I wonder if DonDiego's faux outrage extends to cities that are "run by" Republicans. Just for grins, it should be noted that the Republican Party does indeed keep its elected officials on a very, very short leash. The Democratic Party, not so much."

i. DonDiego has not expressed outrage, "faux" or otherwise, concerning with whom government officials may confer.  

ii. DonDiego would expect any elected official, of any party, to confer occasionally or even daily with his citizenry, fellow members of those elected or appointed to govern the city, . . . as well as political affiliates.  And with regard to the latter, the chief administrator would be more likely to confer with those within his own party than those not.

iii. Poor old DonDiego finds all the above to be natural and, hopefully, productive.  Kevin Lewis's opinion that poor old DonDiego somehow finds such communication within a city administration, or any other level of government administration up to the Chief Executive of the United States to be inappropriste is inaccurate.  

iv. All that said, it is possible that some communications of an administrator might, in fact, be nefarious; if so the public would be well-served to become aware of such goings-on; that is one of functions of reporters, hopefully politically-neutral reporters.

DonDiego needs to have himself a cup of coffee and then might realize that my point was that "RUN BY" is an inaccurate and misleading phrase.

"RUN BY" implies that the decisions made in the course of governance are made by the dominant political party rather than the elected officials. That does seem to be true for Republicans, whose collective noses have been stuffed up Donald Trump's rectum for four years; the slightest deviation from Party orthodoxy or the mildest criticism of the Orange God meets with swift and brutal retaliation. Democratic officials, however, at all levels, are well known for marching to the beat of their own drummers and frequently (to the Party's great annoyance) act contrary to the Democratic Party platform.

In fact, this cohesion on the part of the Republicans---however brutally enforced---is the primary reason why they, the minority party, have been able to seize and hold on to power.

To reiterate---NO city government is "RUN BY" any political party. It is run by the officials who were elected/appointed to run it. That is what DonDiego might learn if he educates himself in civics.