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Showing Original Post only (View all)NYTimes: Donald Trumps Lies About the Popular Vote [View all]
One big fear in the weeks leading up to the presidential election was that Donald Trump would try to delegitimize the results by claiming rampant voter fraud a bogus specter he had raised throughout the campaign, particularly as his polling numbers got worse.
In that scenario, of course, Mr. Trump was the loser. No one imagined he would say the election was rigged if he won. And yet here we are.
On Sunday, President-elect Trump unleashed a barrage of tweets complaining about calls for recounts or vote audits in several closely contested states, and culminating in this message: 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.
In that scenario, of course, Mr. Trump was the loser. No one imagined he would say the election was rigged if he won. And yet here we are.
On Sunday, President-elect Trump unleashed a barrage of tweets complaining about calls for recounts or vote audits in several closely contested states, and culminating in this message: 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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This is a lie, part of Mr. Trumps pattern, stretching back many years, of disregard for indisputable facts. There is no evidence of illegal voting on even a small scale anywhere in the country, let alone a systematic conspiracy involving millions. But this is the message that gets hammered relentlessly by right-wing propaganda sites like InfoWars, which is run by a conspiracy theorist who claims the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax and whose absurdities Mr. Trump has often shouted through his megaphone, which will shortly bear the presidential seal. Mr. Trump added more fuel to the fire with the false claim of serious voter fraud in California, Virginia and New Hampshire all states that went for Hillary Clinton.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/opinion/donald-trumps-lies-about-the-popular-vote.html
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They started off this morning with the statement that "he was claiming it without proof". Now they
still_one
Nov 2016
#2
Mad King Donald, pacing in his golden tower. It helps me a bit to visualize it as a fairy tale.
Hekate
Nov 2016
#21
"Someone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2016
#8
All while Hillary is out hiking, recuperating after the nightmarishly exhausting campaign.
anamandujano
Nov 2016
#28
i love it also . i was thinking it would be a good idea to come up with a name for him
JI7
Nov 2016
#34
Trump doesn't have an eloquent molecule in his body. His trolls repeat the same old lie even
anamandujano
Nov 2016
#27
I'm waiting for when he arrests a bunch of Democrats for plotting against him....
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2016
#35