California Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi believes the latest elections gives her a "mandate" to pursue her party's most radical agenda.
"Everybody turned out, and it was a great victory, a mandate," she said, referring to the Democratic votes garnered in the election earlier this month.
Putting aside the fact that her own party doesn't agree with her, do the election results (which are still being finalized) give Rep. Pelosi a "mandate" to push Democratic policies?
The Democrats won the White House and the popular vote, but they lost a huge number of House races they were supposed to win. Many Democratic lawmakers blame the progressive wing of the party for alienating average Americans and pushing those voters away from the party.
What's more, Republicans are in a good position to retain control of the Senate, something pollsters said the party only had a 20 percent chance of doing.
To summarize, the Democrats barely won the White House (according to current vote tabulations), lost seats in the House, and failed to gain control of the Senate.
That doesn't sound like it justifies a Democratic "mandate" to us.
But here's an even more important question: does any election give either party a "mandate" to change the country as they see fit?
Even if the so-called "blue wave" had materialized, does that justify the federal government imposing their top-down policies on all 50 states -- including states that vote predominantly Republican?
The answer, of course, is no. The federal government shouldn't have the power to impose a mandate on the entire country, and a Convention of States can ensure they never have that power again.
An Article V Convention of States is called and controlled by the states and has the power to propose constitutional amendments that forever limit the power, scope, and jurisdiction of the federal government. Americans shouldn't live in fear of one party or the other gaining control of the federal government. Power should be spread among all 50 states, where We the People have a real voice in politics.
Millions of Americans have joined the Article V movement, and 15 states have passed the Convention of States Resolution. To ask your state legislator to support the Article V cause, sign the petition below!
