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HipChick

(25,502 posts)
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 03:33 PM Nov 2016

Trump now claiming that he won the Popular vote..

Latest Tweet..

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 3m3 minutes ago

In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally

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Trump now claiming that he won the Popular vote.. (Original Post) HipChick Nov 2016 OP
Millions of people voted illegally? LisaL Nov 2016 #1
Eight minutes to complete a sentence! That's not encouraging to the educated class. Coyotl Nov 2016 #22
Bet not, Donald. But just to saltpoint Nov 2016 #2
I was skeptical so I looked it up. Skinner Nov 2016 #3
...I hit my refresh button twice...Wait...there's more.. HipChick Nov 2016 #7
The EC hasn't voted yet so there's two lies in one post elehhhhna Nov 2016 #4
Trump is a shit sandwich and everyday he wants you to take another bite. N/T gordianot Nov 2016 #5
Damn, this guy is scary. I mean seriously, pathologically scary Siwsan Nov 2016 #6
Very Scary... HipChick Nov 2016 #8
Agree. It's fog-hidden on the best saltpoint Nov 2016 #9
Yep. Obvious Bald faced lying for no gain or reason other than self delusion and ego. Scary. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2016 #27
Well he should be all for a nation wide election audit then NWCorona Nov 2016 #10
Trump won the popular vote, is that a new republican "fact"? putitinD Nov 2016 #11
Yeah, that's the talking point hot off the fax Bobbie Jo Nov 2016 #12
Hahahahahahha.. Another distraction. JHan Nov 2016 #13
Ryan, McConnell... cilla4progress Nov 2016 #14
... greatauntoftriplets Nov 2016 #15
This is just Trump shouting "Hey, pay attention to me!" n/t JBoy Nov 2016 #16
Well I guess we better do a cilla4progress Nov 2016 #17
If I travel abroad during the Trump... 3catwoman3 Nov 2016 #29
I wait with bated breath! HassleCat Nov 2016 #18
Is he is trying to convince himself? nt Yonnie3 Nov 2016 #19
Ok Donald, madaboutharry Nov 2016 #20
Good now the press will cover it kydo Nov 2016 #21
He is baiting people oberliner Nov 2016 #23
Shut the fuck up Hitler II Van Dumpster! lonestarnot Nov 2016 #24
He is incapable of telling the truth or using facts liberal N proud Nov 2016 #25
This stupid bastard MFM008 Nov 2016 #26
I confess to fantasizing about a limited designated survivor... 3catwoman3 Nov 2016 #30
Maggot is scared onecaliberal Nov 2016 #28
If anyone else behaved like this, there'd be proverbial men in white jackets at the front door. MANative Nov 2016 #31
He's clearly a complete lunatic. BSdetect Nov 2016 #33
1st Grifter in Tweets benld74 Nov 2016 #32
tRump's a fool... why bother listening to what he has to say? InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2016 #34
He seems upset. ucrdem Nov 2016 #35
A Corrupt Liar as the President of the United States UCmeNdc Nov 2016 #36
Now it's an international AP story: ucrdem Nov 2016 #37
Wait, so he should support a recount then right?! He doesn't know if they voted illegally for him uponit7771 Nov 2016 #38
It's like a Woody Allen comedy, but crazier ucrdem Nov 2016 #39
1 uponit7771 Nov 2016 #40
And unfortunately it's actually real. LisaL Nov 2016 #41
He'll be gone by Christmas. ucrdem Nov 2016 #42
He is like an Energizer Bunny. Keeps going and going. LisaL Nov 2016 #43
More like the RMS Titanic. ucrdem Nov 2016 #44
Okay. Wow. There is no evidence for that. musicblind Nov 2016 #45
Trump is a white nationalist whiner. radius777 Nov 2016 #46
Kellyanne Conway delivered a threat to prosecute Hillary Clinton if she pursues the recount Coyotl Nov 2016 #47
He's full of shit DemonGoddess Nov 2016 #48
He is pathetic and has some mental health issues, no doubt. BigDemVoter Nov 2016 #49
 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
22. Eight minutes to complete a sentence! That's not encouraging to the educated class.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 03:53 PM
Nov 2016

Last edited Sun Nov 27, 2016, 04:54 PM - Edit history (1)


Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 17 minutes ago
It would have been much easier for me to win the so-called popular vote than the Electoral College in that I would only campaign in 3 or 4--
Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 9 minutes ago
states instead of the 15 states that I visited. I would have won even more easily and convincingly (but smaller states are forgotten)!


saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
2. Bet not, Donald. But just to
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 03:35 PM
Nov 2016

be certain, call Fabio at once and get his take.

A word to the wise, etc.

HipChick

(25,502 posts)
7. ...I hit my refresh button twice...Wait...there's more..
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 03:38 PM
Nov 2016

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 7m7 minutes ago

It would have been much easier for me to win the so-called popular vote than the Electoral College in that I would only campaign in 3 or 4--

Siwsan

(27,266 posts)
6. Damn, this guy is scary. I mean seriously, pathologically scary
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 03:38 PM
Nov 2016

I see nothing good coming out of any of this.

Bobbie Jo

(14,341 posts)
12. Yeah, that's the talking point hot off the fax
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 03:41 PM
Nov 2016

illegal votes, yadda, yadda, yadda...

They're ALL repeating this nonsense.

JHan

(10,173 posts)
13. Hahahahahahha.. Another distraction.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 03:42 PM
Nov 2016

He is SO pathetic.

Jesus, Buddha, Shango, Lakshmi, loki .. must we really contend with this for four years?!?!? ...

cilla4progress

(25,862 posts)
17. Well I guess we better do a
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 03:44 PM
Nov 2016

full out audit in every state, then!

Have his supporters (esp. in the Senate/House) no shame? Are they not embarrassed by this buffoon? As an American, I sure am.

3catwoman3

(25,396 posts)
29. If I travel abroad during the Trump...
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 04:07 PM
Nov 2016

...regime, I should probably get a T-shirt that says, "I did not vote for Cheeto Jesus."

kydo

(2,679 posts)
21. Good now the press will cover it
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 03:53 PM
Nov 2016

Besides, now that he to thanks there was fraud, maybe we can drop all this he said she said crap about rigging, and Hillary can start talking again.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
23. He is baiting people
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 03:54 PM
Nov 2016

Getting CNN, MSNBC, etc. to talk about his "crazy tweets" - literally controlling the conversation.

3catwoman3

(25,396 posts)
30. I confess to fantasizing about a limited designated survivor...
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 04:09 PM
Nov 2016

...scenario that would take out everyone in line to the presidency until we get to what ever Democrat might be in the line of succession.

MANative

(4,141 posts)
31. If anyone else behaved like this, there'd be proverbial men in white jackets at the front door.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 04:09 PM
Nov 2016

Involuntary psychiatric hold, anyone?

BSdetect

(9,047 posts)
33. He's clearly a complete lunatic.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 04:15 PM
Nov 2016

Beyond frightening.

I am still awake during the night wondering what calamity will happen first.

UCmeNdc

(9,650 posts)
36. A Corrupt Liar as the President of the United States
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 05:03 PM
Nov 2016

I have no respect for the man called Donald Trump.

None!

ucrdem

(15,703 posts)
37. Now it's an international AP story:
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 05:07 PM
Nov 2016
Toronto Sun:

"Trump claims ‘millions’ voted illegally in Twitter tirade against recounts"

Trump calls Clinton’s taking part in the recount ‘sad’ and said it was a ‘scam’ that Green Party nominee Jill Stein was revisiting the vote count in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.—President-elect Donald Trump claimed without evidence Sunday that “millions” voted illegally in the national election, scoffing at Hillary Clinton’s nearly 2 million edge in the popular vote and returning to his campaign mantra of a rigged race even as he prepares to enter the White House in less than two months.

Trump and his lieutenants assailed an effort — now joined by Clinton — to recount votes in up to three battleground states, calling the push fraudulent, the work of “crybabies” and, in Trump’s estimation, “sad.”

The president-elect went on to cast a shadow over the legitimacy of an election that he actually won, tweeting that “I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” He provided further contended that if the popular vote determined the presidency, “It would have been much easier for me to win” it because he would have altered his campaign to pile up overall vote totals, not Electoral College votes.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/11/27/trump-slams-clintons-participation-in-election-recount.html


uponit7771

(91,670 posts)
38. Wait, so he should support a recount then right?! He doesn't know if they voted illegally for him
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 05:13 PM
Nov 2016

... or HRC...

He's a scary level of stupid

LisaL

(46,588 posts)
43. He is like an Energizer Bunny. Keeps going and going.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 05:25 PM
Nov 2016

Couldn't stop him during the primaries, couldn't stop him during an election.
I don't count on it.

musicblind

(4,562 posts)
45. Okay. Wow. There is no evidence for that.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 05:44 PM
Nov 2016

How can a president of the united states get away with blatantly lying about obvious facts?

This can't be reality.

radius777

(3,790 posts)
46. Trump is a white nationalist whiner.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 07:48 PM
Nov 2016

His real statement should've been: "I would've lost the electoral college in a landslide, in addition to the popular vote, had there been no voter suppression/hacking/Comey, where millions of people were illegally denied their right to vote."

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
47. Kellyanne Conway delivered a threat to prosecute Hillary Clinton if she pursues the recount
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:31 PM
Nov 2016
Trump Threatens To Prosecute Hillary Clinton If She Pursues An Election Recount
By Jason Easley on Sun, Nov 27th, 2016
Trump Senior Adviser Kellyanne Conway delivered a threat to prosecute Hillary Clinton if she pursues the recount during an interview on CNN's State Of The Union.

Full transcript via CNN’s State Of The Union: ....

.......... The president doesn’t make decisions on who gets prosecuted and who doesn’t. That is not how our system works. Secondly, Donald Trump isn’t the president yet, so he has no say on what happens. What comes out of Kellyanne Conway’s mouth is usually a direct message from Trump Tower.

Conway was issuing a not so thinly veiled threat to Hillary Clinton. If Clinton’s team continues to assist with the recount, the former Secretary of State may face prosecution. The incoming administration is expressing their willingness to punish anyone who questions or expresses dissent.

If Trump is so confident in the election results, why is he so rattled by this recount? ....
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