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CMV: The worst part of this election are the precedents it sets.

No matter who you voted for, I'd like to think that everyone can agree these are objectively bad precedents to set for our elected officials and election process.

Presidential candidates revealing tax returns? Why bother? Trump didn't need to.

Electing a Supreme Court justice in the last year of a presidency? Why bother? Just ignore it and hope for the best next election.

Care about fact checks on wildly incorrect statements? Why? 

Admit to saying things there's video evidence of you saying? Why? 

Agree to accept the outcome of an election? Why?

Reject an endorsement by the KKK? Why?

Trump supporters are going to be very happy about this victory for a long time. Maybe the Trump presidency really won't be as bad as it seems it will be. 

But I legitimately think these precedents are going to continue to harm the quality of our democracy for awhile. if it will be enough to counteract these negative precedents that have been set.
gpt
>Maybe the Trump presidency really won't be as bad as it seems it will be.

The precedents you mentioned are the worst things about this election if we limit our view to a macro scale. But it gets much worse on a micro scale for a wide swath of Americans if Trump is able to execute even a fraction of his vision. 

- People who had health insurance will lose it. Some may die as a result. 

- People who are LGBT, Muslim, Latino, or any number of other groups will be discriminated against. Constitutional protections against that discrimination may well be rolled back if he comes to power with control of the House, Senate, and Supreme Court. 

- Immigrants who would have found a better life in the US will not be allowed to enter. Depending on where they are coming from (Syria?), some may die as a result. 

If you fall into one of these groups, the precedents set in this election don't necessarily matter as much, because you may not live long enough to see them played out in future elections. From that perspective, the precedent means nothing.