PEOTUS reacts on recount request

[boske94]

Statement From President-Elect Donald J. Trump on the Ridiculous Green Party Recount Request:


"The people have spoken and the election is over, and as Hillary Clinton herself said on election night, in addition to her conceding by congratulating me, 'We must accept this result and then look to the future.'
 
"It is important to point out that with the help of millions of voters across the country, we won 306 electoral votes on Election Day - the most of any Republican since 1988 – and we carried nine of 13 battleground states, 30 of 50 states, and more than 2,600 counties nationwide - the most since President Ronald Reagan in 1984.

"This recount is just a way for Jill Stein, who received less than one percent of the vote overall and wasn’t even on the ballot in many states, to fill her coffers with money, most of which she will never even spend on this ridiculous recount. All three states were won by large numbers of voters, especially Pennsylvania, which was won by more than 70,000 votes.

"This is a scam by the Green Party for an election that has already been conceded, and the results of this election should be respected instead of being challenged and abused, which is exactly what Jill Stein is doing."

[boske94]

Yes, bragging about the Electoral College - especially in the context of having a "mandate" when you failed to carry 54% of the nation's votes - is meaningless BS. You only get to brag about the EC legitimately if you also won the popular vote.

Of course, the GOP does the same bragging with its gerrymandered House "mandate" every two years, so nothing new for the oligarchs who hate democracy.

Bill Clinton didn't have 50%, first time he didn't pass 43% but he was legitimate president.

[boske94]

Yes, bragging about the Electoral College - especially in the context of having a "mandate" when you failed to carry 54% of the nation's votes - is meaningless BS. You only get to brag about the EC legitimately if you also won the popular vote.

Of course, the GOP does the same bragging with its gerrymandered House "mandate" every two years, so nothing new for the oligarchs who hate democracy.

Bill Clinton didn't have 50%, first time he didn't pass 43% but he was legitimate president.

He had millions of more than HW, not millions less.

POINT is  that he didn't win majority, 50% of PV, but he won EC and he is legitimate winner and president. When we (if ever) abandon EC, than winner of PV will be president. Today, when we have EC, campaigning is much different that it would be if we had PV system, and goal for every runner is not to win PV, it's (practically) irrelevant.