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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter Romney lost in 2012, Trump called for revolution and for the House to invalidate the results
Periodic reminder that after Mitt Romney suffered a quick and obvious loss in 2012, Donald Trump falsely claimed Romney won the popular vote; explicitly called for a "revolution"; and asked the GOP House to invalidate the result.
Link to tweet
https://twitter.com/gzornick
Senior enterprise editor, @huffpost. Formerly @thenation. Proud Buffalonian.
George Zornick is with HuffPost, so I give him credit for that. Does anyone else remember this ?
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https://mashable.com/2012/11/06/trump-reacts-to-election/
So far I can't find evidence he said, explicitly, for the House to invalidate the election, which is unconstitutional anyway.
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After Romney lost in 2012, Trump called for revolution and for the House to invalidate the results (Original Post)
steve2470
Sep 2020
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grumpyduck
(6,255 posts)1. And just why was the MSM
paying attention to him back then?
Oh, wait... it has to with ad revenue, doesn't it?
What a farce.
Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)2. Proof of his racist hate for the best president of this century
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)3. In 2012, Donald Trump tweeted that the electoral college system was a 'disaster for a democracy.'
In 2012, Donald Trump tweeted that the electoral college system was a 'disaster for a democracy.'
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-described-the-electoral-college-as-a-disaster/
After losing the popular vote, President-elect Donald Trump has decided that the Electoral College is a pretty smart way to elect a president after all.
http://fortune.com/2016/11/17/donald-trump-electoral-college-hillary-clinton-popular-vote/
Cha
(297,655 posts)4. Rt! yeah the Fucker trump hasn't been living in
Reality for a LONG time.. if ever.
So what do the Idiots in America do.. they kick him up stairs to be the leader with the Bomb Codes. Looking at you fucking jill stein LIES & privileged Ass LIAR Susan Sarandon