NYTimes: Trump Repeats Lie About Popular Vote in Meeting With Lawmakers

[spanone]

WASHINGTON — President Trump used his first official meeting with congressional leaders on Monday to falsely claim that millions of unauthorized immigrants had robbed him of a popular vote majority, a return to his obsession with the election’s results even as he seeks support for his legislative agenda.

The claim, which he has made before on Twitter, has been judged untrue by numerous fact-checkers. The new president’s willingness to bring it up at a White House reception in the State Dining Room is an indication that he continues to dwell on the implications of his popular vote loss even after assuming power.

Mr. Trump appears to remain concerned that the public will view his victory — and his entire presidency — as illegitimate if he does not repeatedly challenge the idea that Americans were deeply divided about sending him to the White House to succeed President Barack Obama.

Mr. Trump received 304 electoral votes to capture the White House, but he fell almost three million votes short of Hillary Clinton in the popular vote. That reality appears to have bothered him since Election Day, prompting him to repeatedly complain that adversaries were trying to undermine him.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/us/politics/donald-trump-congress-democrats.html?_r=0

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It's good to see that the NYT finally has the gumption to use the word "lie"

instead of more weaselly words like "untruth" or "falsehood" or "misrepresentation." These are fucking LIES and the media need to call them that.

[spanone]

3. me too. this goes right to the truth. the president Lies.

[sheshe2]

13. Jaysus!

Is he going to keep this talking point lie going for the next 100 days or the next four years?

Let it go ya loser.

[AgadorSparticus]

14. +1,000!!! Maybe Dan Rather has ashamed them into doing their jobs.

It can happen....

[loyalsister]

20. I don't think it matters

It's in the tell a lie often enough realm. And, he knew exactly what he was doing.

I think that lie did what it was intended to do. That is, to ignite and reignite hostility towards immigrants who are allegedly trying to fix our elections by voting illegally. Therefore... more and more people warm up to and are convinced that more barriers to voting are necessary.

[Wounded Bear]

2. We Dems are so stupid (lame attempt at sarcasm)...

Geez, we were so devious and so good that we managed to arrange for 3-5 million illegal voters, but we weren't smart enough to move them to the states that really mattered. Next time, we need to commit our voter fraud in red states.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028526555

[dalton99a]

4. Is that his babysitter Kushner in the pic?

[spanone]

8. i believe that's him on the left...

[liberalmuse]

5. It's eating him.

Kind of like an Edgar Allen Poe story. Gooooood!

[ProudLib72]

6. I'm glad they are bringing it up again

But I wish the entire MSM would continue to bring it up at least once a month in order to dispel any lingering doubts. Keep pounding those facts into the deplorables' heads.

[X_Digger]

7. Drumpf will never let a perceived slight go. We just need to keep him occupied like a kid w/ a toy..

.. for less than four years, and he won't have time to fuck up quite so much.

[elleng]

9. I see too much grinning.

Is that Hoyer 2d from left, NOT grinning? I hope so. His District is next to mine.

[Cha]

10. What are the Dems smiling about.. "he lost the popular due to illegals

voting"?? Hillary didn't win Popular fairly?

Damn optics look for shite.

Thank Goodness NYT is telling truth..

Mr. Trump received 304 electoral votes to capture the White House, but he fell almost three million votes short of Hillary Clinton in the popular vote. That reality appears to have bothered him since Election Day, prompting him to repeatedly complain that adversaries were trying to undermine him.

Thanks spanone.. he's a moron. quit normalizing him, DEMS.

[sheshe2]

15. I am pretty sure those are 100% forced smiles...

With gritted teeth they grin and I sure hope plotting to bring him down. I believe this is what they are thinking They see him. They know him. I do not believe they are normalizing him there.

PS. The black man in the corner. Not sure his position, knowing tRump he is probably considered a servant...I enlarged it. Sure looks like he is trying to hold back a LOL at the tRumpet.

[Cha]

16. They could have a neutral face.. they don't have to frown..

just not smile/grin.. I take it that in that session they were told by trump he lost popular due to illegals voting.

Anyway, the WH photog snapped the smiling Dems to go with it.

[TrekLuver]

11. Yeah and enough of this 2.8 bullshit...let's just all keep rounding it up to 3 million.

[Cha]

12. ...

YES

[Rstrstx]

18. I'm sure it was WELL over 3 million, maybe over 4 or 5 million....

....if you counted all the disenfranchised votes

[Cha]

19. True, huh.. thank you for the reminder.

[Skittles]

17. curious why is Hillary addressed as MRS while Nancy is addressed as MS

[BlueStater]

21. LOL. This headline is definitely going to get under the man-baby's skin.

I wonder if he's going to whine about it today or if his handlers will actually be able to subdue him.

[spanone]

24. proud to know our new president is a LIAR.

[Gothmog]

22. Trump is lying about voter fraud and I am glad that the NYT is calling this claim a lie

[Vinca]

23. Americans can barely vote given all the GOP voter restrictions.

How could anyone possibly think an undocumented person would wait in line for hours to vote with the knowledge they could be arrested when they try? If he must lie, he has to at least craft a good lie.

[ecstatic]

25. Does tRumP support a new election? Because if that many people voted illegally,

combined with his collusion with Russia, we should be demanding a new election! Let's not fight Trump's claims, let's support him and seek a new, FAIR election!