Conservatives are misinterpreting their popular vote win

Whenever Trump does something horrendous, many liberals repeat the line "this is what America voted for," but many conservatives seem to be taking that to heart in all the wrong ways.

I keep seeing conservatives defend blatantly unconstitutional/illegal moves, like killing USAID, freezing funds, ending birthright citizenship, etc. as part of a popular mandate. Essentially, that because Trump won the popular vote, he gets to do all of this.

They seem to be suggesting that winning the election means you get unrestrained power to do whatever you want. There are checks and balances. Courts. Procedures. All of these things need to be followed...especially coming from the crowd that cries about "tyranny of the majority" for the past few decades.

Republicans got their first popular vote win in 20 years, and completely forgot what means.