Without evidence, Trump tells lawmakers 3-5 million illegal ballots cost him the popular vote
Source: Washington Post
Days after being sworn in, President Trump insisted to congressional leaders invited to a reception at the White House that he would have won the popular vote had it not been for millions of illegal votes, according to people familiar with the meeting.
Trump has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that widespread voter fraud caused him to lose the popular vote to Hillary Clinton, even while he clinched the presidency with an electoral college victory.
Two people familiar with the meeting said Trump spent about 10 minutes at the top of the gathering with Republican and Democratic lawmakers rehashing the campaign. Trump also told them that between 3 million and 5 million illegal votes caused him to lose the popular vote.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/23/at-white-house-trump-tells-congressional-leaders-3-5-million-illegal-ballots-cost-him-the-popular-vote/?utm_term=.fd63d9a83e58
Trump lies again! The needling about his popular vote loss must really be getting to him. It's not even one lie a day, it's several.
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)Boy, was I wrong.
Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)Trump is ANTI-PRESIDENTIAL.
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)would be an improvement.
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)Charles Manson? That's one.
Green River Killer? That's two.
Cher? She could do a better job, honestly.
What about Charlie Sheen? That's a tough one.
hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)Facts proved me to be ultimately right.
Now I'm saying it once again and Trumps crew is not as competent as Bush's.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Not only is Sarah Palin more suited for the presidency than Donald Trump, pretty much the entire population of the Texas Death Row is more qualified to be president than the Bad Year Blimp.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)And I thought Bush was the biggest moron ever to blight the White House.
enough
(13,262 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)Glad it bugs the shit out of him and he can't let go.
onecaliberal
(32,894 posts)Tanuki
(14,920 posts)hugely, by millions. He's about to crack!
https://m.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)alt facts
alt control
How about Control + alt + delete?
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,817 posts)Cool story, bro.
Now name them.
weissmam
(905 posts)kairos12
(12,871 posts)JDC
(10,133 posts)mobeau69
(11,156 posts)Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)By Abby Phillip and Mike DeBonis By Abby Phillip and Mike DeBonis January 23 at 8:05 PM Follow @abbydphillip Follow @mikedebonis
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uponit7771
(90,363 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)ProfessorPlum
(11,276 posts)what an asshole
mobeau69
(11,156 posts)appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)The man is totally bonkers and it won't take much to put him completely over the edge.
briv1016
(1,570 posts)SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)His puppet masters will ensure it.
bighart
(1,565 posts)they produce PROOF that voter fraud is a real thing
Make them investigate and hold public hearings and produce a report on the record.
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)crazy he is. Wait until he appoints a horse to the Supreme Court.
underpants
(182,877 posts)So it would probably be an originalist, which is good don't you think? I do.
Paraphrasing Hannity or all of their media if he did that.
I listen to too much talk radio.
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)pro-life or not.
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)is a lie is a lie.
underpants
(182,877 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)Girard442
(6,084 posts)...I dig snappy one-liners as much as the next guy, but we've got to start seriously pointing out to everyone who might listen that our POTUS is clearly dangerously mentally incompetent and everybody would know it if they weren't so deep in denial.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)Out of here.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)That he is a liar?
The republicans did it to Obama, with no justification.
In this case it could be proved.
What are they afraid of?
imaginary girl
(863 posts)We'll just have a revote!
retrowire
(10,345 posts)luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)If they keep repeating numbers and things he feels makes him less than his predecessors he will unravel at the seams. This guy covets to be the biggest , the best, like no other. Smack down that IMAGE
RobinA
(9,894 posts)somebody who needs to get over it! I can see we're in for at least 4 years of rehashing every imagined slight that rolls off the presses.
tanyev
(42,610 posts)Tetunot
(18 posts)Whenever BLOTUS tweets something outrageous. It means he's deflecting from
something else. So it's either some awful legislation or more info on how he stole the election.
bucolic_frolic
(43,281 posts)as much as telegraphing his intent
It will be illegal to vote against him next time
C Moon
(12,221 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)hibbing
(10,109 posts)Of course it would be a full time job to keep track of them all.
On edit,of course his stupid supporters believe them or just don't care, probably a 50/50 split.
Peace
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)Smile and nod ???
Speak up and correct the record ???
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)0rganism
(23,970 posts)clearly Trump and his cartel plan to operate with their own set of facts, at least externally. the truth value of any given proposition is irrelevant.
instead, i assume Trump plans to act as if the 3-5 million people who cost him the popular vote did vote illegally.
expect voting to be much harder for all of us in 2018 and, needless to say, 2020. Trump needs only to ramp up the existing GOP strategy of putting specific ID constraints on voting and voila! "problem solved"
we need a full-on broadside effort to ensure every Democratic voter has the full slate of ID necessary to vote in their particular state. otherwise it won't matter what else we do going forward.
TalenaGor
(1,104 posts)MFM008
(19,818 posts)he has ALTERNATE FACTS..................
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)seconds.
pansypoo53219
(20,995 posts)Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)Snarkoleptic
(6,001 posts)the Rasputinesque whispers of Steve Bannon, have Trump's mental health strained beyond crisis level.
wishstar
(5,271 posts)At least mainstream media is calling out his falsehoods, although we know most loyal Trumpsters still believe his lies
itcfish
(1,828 posts)that those 3 million illegal alien votes went to Trump. They just love him. So the election should be declared null and void!
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)OK, lets try this again folks
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)voting when they were opposing Jill Stein's request for a recount. So, did his lawyers commit perjury or is Trump lying?
Or are these just more 'Alternative Facts'?
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)Even Mike Huckabee Has No Clue What Donald Trumps Voter Fraud Claims Are About
Im not sure why he brought it up.
01/24/2017 10:20 am ET
President Donald Trumps false claim that millions of people voted illegally in the election even has former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) ― a steadfast Trump supporter ― scratching his head.
Trump told leaders on Capitol Hill on Monday that he only lost the popular vote because 3 million to 5 million illegals voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton. Its a claim that hes repeatedly made since November, but theres no evidence to support it.
In a Tuesday interview with Fox Business Network, Huckabee said he didnt know why Trump kept bringing it up.
I have no evidence whatsoever, and I dont know that anyone does, that there are that many illegal people who voted. And frankly it doesnt matter. Hes the president and whether 20 million people voted, it doesnt matter anymore, Huckabee said. Im not sure why he brought it up.
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YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)If you haven't seen it, try and check it out. He's also asking folks to go to Trumpstolit.org I believe. I think if you do get to see it, you might be astonished what really is going on.
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