General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump facing two-front legitimacy war
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
12 DEC 2016 AT 11:41 ET
December 12, 2016
Greg Price
Less than a month away from taking the Oath of Office, President-elect Donald Trump is facing a two-front war on his legitimacy to power. The Republican upstart, who defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Electoral College 306-232, has seen his former opponents lead in the popular vote swell and swell ever since Election Day on Nov. 8, and is now mired in controversy over whether Russias government hacked the election to insure a Trump victory.
The latest popular vote totals Monday, as reported by nonpartisan election analysis group The Cook Report, show Clinton garnering 65,746,544 votes compared to Trumps 62,904,682, a difference of more than 2.8 million votes. In percentages, Clintons locked down a plurality of 48.2 percent of the vote and Trump 46.2 percent.
Clinton, who was angling to be the first women ever elected to the White House, has gradually seen her popular vote advantage climb each day since the election and her loss has not only drummed up traditional cries to do away with the Constitutionally-mandated Electoral College but even stirred up three lawsuits by state electors who are refusing to file their vote for Trump. Last week on Thursday, Clinton had 65,527,625 votes to Trumps 62,851,436 votes, a difference of over 2.6 million.
Trump has taken to Twitter to denounce talk over Clintons popular vote lead, and claimed in November he wouldve won the popular vote had it not been for millions of people who voted illegally, an accusation hes yet to offer proof of.
-snip-
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/trump-facing-two-front-legitimacy-war/
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)nothing new,no one in the Media has the Edward R. Morrow to take this A----hole down. This whole thing was well organized and funded with contingency plans in place to counter any Politician who might want to be a hero.
Until Obama asks Lynch to kick some ass and take some names,this is a futile cause.
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)Only we can say that contrary to what Tramp thought, it wasn't brown people voting illegally, but Eastern Europeans getting away with voting illegally and under the radar in states like PA, WI, and MI because they were white. No repig would ever suspect Russian and Polish undocumented immigrants illegally voting for tRump.