In an argument presented on social media throughout the day on Sunday, President-Elect Trump tweeted that he would have won the popular vote “in a landslide” if millions of illegal voters weren’t drummed up by the Democrats.
In a wide-ranging monologue, President-Elect Trump said:
““I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” It appears the President-Elect was referencing Democrat voters who were either illegal immigrants, dead “voters”, and/or Democrat voters who voted multiple times. His comments did not specify the manner in which these voters voted illegally.
The statement comes on the same weekend that Hillary Clinton decided to participate in a recount in a last minute desperate attempt to seize the Electoral votes from Donald Trump.
As it stands, Hillary Clinton has a popular vote lead over Trump of 2 million votes, a total that is expected to grow to more than 2.5 million. It’s unclear why the popular vote total matters since the United States is a constitutional republic which elects it’s Presidents based on Electoral vote counts.
Trump’s comments on the subject, directly to the American people, can be found here:
Hillary Clinton conceded the election when she called me just prior to the victory speech and after the results were in. Nothing will change
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
Hillary's debate answer on delay: "That is horrifying. That is not the way our democracy works. Been around for 240 years. We've had free —
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
and fair elections. We've accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them, and that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a –
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
during a general election. I, for one, am appalled that somebody that is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind —
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
of position." Then, separately she stated, "He said something truly horrifying … he refused to say that he would respect the results of —
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
Trump is going to be our President. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead." So much time and money will be spent – same result! Sad
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
It would have been much easier for me to win the so-called popular vote than the Electoral College in that I would only campaign in 3 or 4–
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
Tags: 2016 election democrats Donald Trump voter fraudstates instead of the 15 states that I visited. I would have won even more easily and convincingly (but smaller states are forgotten)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
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