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>> This strange differentiation came about as a GOP talking point in the early 2000s.

Actually no, it comes from far earlier in our history that that, GOP may have had it has a talking point not sure, and dont really care, but the GOP is not the origination of this

>Saying the US is not a democracy but a constitutional republic is like saying a car is not an automobile.

No, not all Republics are democratic, and not all Democracy's are republics.

The US has every very very limited elements that are democratic, and at our founding even less so then today. At the founding only the House was democratic everything else was not. IMO we need to go back to that, less democracy would be good

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When I was growing up in the 80s, everyone knew the US republic was a form of democracy. Are you arguing that it isn't? I never heard the phrase, "The US isn't a democracy, it's a republic" until around 2000s; the first part being completely wrong, but the second part being right.