WND Exclusive - Stop Calling the United States a Democracy

by: Brent SmithShow more

I’m not certain what prompted me to start down this path again. I’ve written about this in the past – the fact our nation is a representative republic – not a democracy.

Yet how many times have we heard: “Our democracy is under attack.” Too many to count I would venture.

We usually hear this from the left, quite literally, every time someone on the right complains about the state of our nation. But we also hear this more and more from those on the right – politicians and pundits alike. For many it may be a slip of the tongue. They meant to say republic, but out came democracy...