Following her declaration that Trump was “Talking Down Our Democracy” – Hillary’s silence is a failure to fulfill her commitment given on national television.

Then candidate Donald Trump’s noncommittal response to accepting the results of the election drew sharp criticism from both the media and Hillary Clinton.

In fact, the New York Times’ opening paragraph the next day read; “In a remarkable statement that seemed to cast doubt on American democracy, Donald J. Trump said Wednesday that he might not accept the results of next month’s election if he felt it was rigged against him. Hillary Clinton called Mr. Trump’s answer ‘horrifying,’ and accused him of ‘talking down our democracy’ out of frustration with his flagging campaign.”

Scanning the headlines and articles since the election results, I have yet to find any criticism from the media or Hillary Clinton for those pushing for members of the Electoral College to follow the nationwide popular vote, instead of the their state’s popular vote, and elect Hillary.

Before I go further, I want to again state I did not support or vote for President-Elect Trump.

I also do not support the establishment—either media or political—though in my opinion they are one and the same.

I do support the Bill of Rights that both limits government and ensures the rights of its citizens. Thus Trump’s positions on limited government and his anti-establishment message are things I support.

I withheld my vote for primarily two reasons—both reasons were developed at the start of his candidacy.

First, I have not supported any candidate in the last 30 years who used inflammatory rhetoric to get votes. As this election proved, such discussion obscures the issues more than highlights them.

Second, I favor governors over any other candidate for president. This is because there are unique skills learned from governing to better facilitate interparty cooperation and also oversee a large administration.

I also support our form of government—a Democratic Republic (also referred to as a Constitutional Republic).

Hillary missed this one with her comment of talking down our democracy – because we actually are not a democracy. A democracy is the rule of the majority over the minority, which results in the loss of rights for the minority. It does however; promote the “voice of the people.”

A Republic is the rule of the minority over the majority, which results in the loss of rights for the majority. While the rights of the minority must be protected, that is not the same as enforcing the beliefs of the minority upon the majority. It does however make for a more efficient government than the people voting on every law of the country.

A Democratic Republic provides a blend of the best of both methods (i.e. the voice of the people with the efficiency of governing). This is why we have the Electoral College.

Here’s my problem. I don’t agree with those petitioning for “faithless electors” to vote with the national popular vote, instead of their state’s popular vote. The electoral was intended to give the smaller states, and the citizens in those states, an equal voice to larger states. This balance of power is key to a “United” STATES of America.

What is more disgusting is that the media and Hillary would have crucified Donald Trump if his supporters had done the same thing. His supporters would have been labeled anarchists and he would have been accused of far more than talking down our democracy if he had remained as silent as Hillary.

How do I know this? Simple, they crucified him before the election for not committing!

Hillary, on the other hand committed, yet is silent. Is she actively promoting it? No, but silence has never equaled commitment! So as I stated at the beginning of this article, her very silence is a failure to fulfill her commitment given on national television.

Yet there is no media coverage exposing her lack of commitment. No accusations of inflaming anarchy. No declaration of hypocrisy. No expression of concern that her supporters will end the freedoms of all Americans.

Nope. Just factual discussions about the Electoral College and the efficacy of “faithless electors.” In fact, their in-depth analysis of the laws governing Electoral College votes seems suspiciously close to endorsing the petition effort.

Clearly, for those promoting the petition to have any legitimacy, their petition would have had to start before the election. With all the media coverage of Hillary’s “lock” on Electoral College votes, it is clear they didn’t wake up on November 9th wondering what the heck that meant.

These promoters are losers. I say that purposefully because in my mind there are no winners or losers among voters in an election. Why?

Because we had the right to vote!

I now have the right, and am excited, to actively engage with the Trump presidency to encourage and promote my beliefs in limited government and the preservation of my Bill of Rights. I admit this is easier for me to do than a Hillary supporter, but we both have the freedom to be engaged.

Obviously, I oppose the policies of President Obama. He expanded government, and aggressively pursued a socialist agenda contrary to the principles this nation was founded on. That said, I never felt a loser at the end of 2008 or 2012 because I had the freedom to vote and that freedom had not been forfeited from the results of the election.

Granted, I lost freedoms from his policies, but that didn’t make me a loser.

However, those who resort to rioting, or petitioning a change in the electoral process because their candidate didn’t win, are losers in every sense of the word.

Hillary needs to follow Bernie’s example of losing an election but winning on his principles when he publicly denounced rioters. Let’s hear the same conviction she expressed in the debate when declared Trump was talking down our democracy by denouncing the petition drive.