On August 1, Trump said if he “didn’t win by massive landslides” he would think the election was rigged. He didn’t.
Donald Trump is freaking out about Jill Stein‘s surprising ability to raise over $6 million to fund recounts in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, and he revealed just how scared, angry, and immature he is by taking to Twitter Saturday night and Sunday morning to show his fear.
Step One: Attack Stein’s Green Party recount effort as a “scam,” (which may or may not be accurate,) but then falsely characterize his own Electoral College win by claiming he “badly defeated & demoralized” the Democrats. That’s incredibly false, especially as Hillary Clinton has now earned well over 2.2 million more votes in the national popular vote than he did.Â
The irony of course here, too, is extreme, given this week Trump’s Foundation’s tax filings with his signature were revealed, stating Foundation money or assets were illegally given to people ineligible under IRS rules in a practice known as “self-dealing.” Not to mention, Yrump was just forced to settle, for $25 million, three lawsuits against Trump University, a scam of monumental proportions. Up to $1 million in penalties will go to the State of New York for Trump’s violation of state education laws.
Step Two: Sunday morning’s rant:
Trump of course is trying to position himself as a victim and Hillary Clinton as dishonest, which, if he weren’t about to be given the oath of the highest office in the land would be laughable.
A true statesman would welcome the recount as an opportunity to show that our democracy is fully functioning.
But if anything, Trump’s childish attacks and rant over the recount is incredibly hypocritical. After all, this is the man who spent many months promising supporters the election was “rigged.”Â
On August 1, Trump said if he “didn’t win by massive landslides” he would think the election was rigged. (He didn’t.)
So, were he a statesman, Trump would embrace a recount. And if he didn’t have the ability to do that, he would ignore it.
Instead, he’s acting like a crybaby.
UPDATE: 10:52 AM EST –
It’s important to note that the Clinton campaign did not say anything to support the Stein campaign’s efforts to initiate a recount, despite there being just 107,000 votes across the three states – Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan – that separate her from he White House. But once it was confirmed by the Wisconsin Elections Commission the recount paperwork was filed before Friday’s deadline, making it clear the recount there will happen, the Clinton campaign announced it will “participate” in it, presumably by sending attorneys to monitor the efforts, as is always done during any recount. Trump should too, and you can bet he will.Â
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