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pangaia

(24,324 posts)
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 06:47 PM Nov 2016

Trump issues stunning claim that millions voted illegally

"Trump claims he would’ve beaten Clinton in the popular vote had it not for “the millions of people who voted illegally.” (Joe Raedle/Reuters)
President-elect Donald Trump, who defeated Hillary Clinton by winning the Electoral College in the election earlier this month, claimed Sunday that he would’ve beaten her in the popular vote too if not for “the millions of people who voted illegally.”



heh, heh, heh...
Now we KNOW for sure. there really IS water on mars..

He even has me convinced now.. that maybe ....just miniscule maybe...... possibly.....almost....something....... may............ happen.....


https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-issues-stunning-claim-that-millions-voted-illegally-205918708.html
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Apex812

(45 posts)
2. The media is us failing again....
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 06:52 PM
Nov 2016

Instead of reporting this repulsive liar and reporting that Hillary is on pace to win the popular vote by 2.5-2.7M votes and how the electoral collage has failed the American people. They're giving his tweets free press with zero fact checking.

America is going to be doomed when the stock market crash again due to all the deregulation and the media will ignore it and focus on breaking down a Trump lie saying it'll fix itself out in the future and not to worry.

TCJ70

(4,387 posts)
3. Well, then he should support the recount effort...
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 06:52 PM
Nov 2016

...that or produce his evidence. I'm sure his people are THIS CLOSE to releasing the truth...kind of like how he was THIS CLOSE to revealing the truth about President Obama's birth for 6 years.

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
13. That was my first thought too. He needs to support the recount then.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:22 PM
Nov 2016

But that is a level of rational thought and logic beyond his comprehension.

Right now. Prime example of the media failing us. They need to be ALL over this!!!!!

 

TheFrenchRazor

(2,116 posts)
4. clue Don: it's a lot easier to make fake votes with software than with bodies. but in either case,
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 06:55 PM
Nov 2016

all the more reason for a thorough recount/audit of multiple states. guess he can't argue with that now. the very fact that he is trying to muddy the waters now makes me think that there is bound to be some election hacking going on.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
15. Exactly, also rural areas have far less standards
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:33 PM
Nov 2016

than the urban areas Trumpers/alt-right complains about, where the voting fraud is nonexistent.

Rural areas (as we are starting to see with places like Wisconsin) could easily vote-stuff and repeat vote without anyone knowing it, with complicit right-wing officials and poll workers.

 

NoGoodNamesLeft

(2,056 posts)
6. CNN is reporting that Trump is falsely claiming millions voted illegally
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:06 PM
Nov 2016

So at least one network is pointing out his idiocy.

0rganism

(23,972 posts)
9. yeah, heh heh heh, he just convinced me that he's going full Hitler,
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:11 PM
Nov 2016

really fucking funny, isn't it?

we never took him seriously. now he's in a position to destroy damn near anyone on the planet with a phone call.

it's long past time to stop laughing.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
11. Many months ago I even thought it was funny.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:19 PM
Nov 2016

No longer..

Without SS and Medicare I am fucked...

But that's just me.

0rganism

(23,972 posts)
12. me too, i was totally bullish on this election
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:22 PM
Nov 2016

i thought for sure we were going to mop the floor with this assclown, and his defeat would pave the way to a brighter technocratic future

i am Not Laughing Anymore

radius777

(3,635 posts)
14. Trump is an alt-right white nationalist who thinks
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:28 PM
Nov 2016

only white male voters are legitimate voters, and every one else is an "illegal voter". Even the women who voted for Trump are viewed by alt-right/Trumpers as undeserving of rights, as they believe that the founders only intended for white males to have citizenship rights, and want to go back to (what they believe to be) the "true essence" of America.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
17. Kellyanne Conway delivered a threat to prosecute Hillary Clinton if she pursues the recount
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 09:29 PM
Nov 2016
Trump Threatens To Prosecute Hillary Clinton If She Pursues An Election Recount
By Jason Easley on Sun, Nov 27th, 2016
Trump Senior Adviser Kellyanne Conway delivered a threat to prosecute Hillary Clinton if she pursues the recount during an interview on CNN's State Of The Union.

Full transcript via CNN’s State Of The Union: ....

.......... The president doesn’t make decisions on who gets prosecuted and who doesn’t. That is not how our system works. Secondly, Donald Trump isn’t the president yet, so he has no say on what happens. What comes out of Kellyanne Conway’s mouth is usually a direct message from Trump Tower.

Conway was issuing a not so thinly veiled threat to Hillary Clinton. If Clinton’s team continues to assist with the recount, the former Secretary of State may face prosecution. The incoming administration is expressing their willingness to punish anyone who questions or expresses dissent.

If Trump is so confident in the election results, why is he so rattled by this recount? ....

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
18. There is something seriously wrong with this woman.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 09:48 PM
Nov 2016

She is walking proof of the dire need in the US of A for more extensive, readily available, affordable and better mental health services.

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
19. well, well, well
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 09:52 PM
Nov 2016

Maybe, just maybe, this is scaring him. Plus, he's using this to divert us from other shady shit he's doing right now.

As to Kellyanne, she needs to remember that he's not President yet. Even as President he cannot just say "arrest this person now". It doesn't WORK that way. Aside from that, she's been part of the decades long witch hunt AGAINST the Clintons to begin with, so her saying anything at all about either one of them is suspect. We all know it's biased.

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