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Showing Original Post only (View all)"Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016" -Jimmy Carter [View all]
This was posted on CNN on June 28Jimmy Carter suggests Trump is an illegitimate president
Washington (CNN)Former President Jimmy Carter suggested Friday that a full investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election would show that Donald Trump didn't win the presidency.
"There's no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election. And I think the interference, although not yet quantified, if fully investigated would show that Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf," Carter said at the Carter Center's retreat in Leesburg, Virginia.
Asked if he believes Trump is an illegitimate president, Carter paused for a moment.
"Based on what I just said, which I can't retract," Carter said to audience laughter.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's report found that Russia waged a "sweeping and systematic" influence campaign during the 2016 election with the goal of electing Trump, but did not establish a conspiracy between Trump's campaign and Moscow.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/politics/jimmy-carter-trump-russia-interference/index.html
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My family is progressive and my sister definitely leans Dem, but they castigate me for this.
lark
Aug 2019
#40
Trump stole 2016 election w/ GOP voter suppression and help from the Russians
EndGOPPropaganda
Aug 2019
#19
Why? The RepubliCONS are known to be accepting money from once sanctioned Russians
Farmer-Rick
Aug 2019
#41
Yep, he did NOT win those 4 states, either votes were flipped, not counted, whatever
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2019
#51