Less than 50% of voters voted for him and what was total voter turn out? 60%? So maybe a 1/3 of eligible voters voted for him. A plurality does not equate to a mandate.
Now they have to eat their crow of what it's like to legitimize the violence of a republic.
It may not be right, and I also disagree with our governance, but by god the schadenfreude is off the chart.
I hope the 2/3 learn something from this.