“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 Trump,
November 27, 2016
This statement is classic Donald Trump.
It is his response to Hillary Clinton’s campaign saying it will
participate in a recount effort being undertaken in Wisconsin by Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, and
potentially in similar pushes in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Trump furthered the accusation by
saying in a subsequent tweet that there was "serious voter
fraud" in Virginia, New Hampshire, and California.
Of course, before he won the presidency
in the Electoral College vote, Trump insisted the election, the
system, the media, the government, and most likely the entire world
was “rigged” against him. Since then, he has softened his
rhetoric about many government officials and political issues.
However, this “kinder, gentler
Donald” is predictable since he has gotten his way. Feeling some
resistance once more, his narcissism demands he make excuses and
blame someone … anyone … for his shortcomings. After all, he
constantly reminded the American public that he hates “losers.”
He would never see himself in that category, even when he belongs
there. Many see this as a classic flaw in his highly unpredictable
character.
Trump's comment about the popular vote
is ridiculous. Snopescom, PundiFact, PolitiFact, and Factcheck.org
have examined this claim, and all deny any credibility. Simply
put, there is no evidence that “millions of people” voted
illegally in the 2016 Election. It matters little toTrump. He has a
history of complaining about votes – remember despite lacking
strong evidence, he also alleged voter fraud in the Florida
Republican presidential primary and in the Iowa caucuses.
Yet, sources eager to cater to partisan
groups and deal in falsehoods – sources such as Infowars.com
– print the lies without any regard for the facts. And, like the
voracious swelled head he is, Donald Trump gobbles them up and
rehashes them in defense of himself.
(Glenn Kessler. “Trump’s bogus
claim that “millions of people” voted illegally for Hillary
Clinton. The Washington Post.
November 27, 2016.)
Infowars
is the website of Alex Jones – American radio show
host, documentary filmmaker, writer, and conspiracy theorist. In
fact, New York magazine described Jones as "America's
leading conspiracy theorist,” and the Southern Poverty Law Center
describes him as "the most prolific conspiracy theorist in
contemporary America.”
The SPLC says …
“Time after time, he warns
without any evidence that terrorist attacks — from 9/11 to the
Boston Marathon bombings to the 2013 Washington Navy Yard mass murder
— are actually 'false flag' operations by our government or evil
'globalist' forces planning to take over the world.”
(“Alex
Jones.” Southern Poverty Law Center. 2016.)
“Your reputation is amazing. I will not let you down. You will be very, very impressed, I hope. I think we’ll be speaking a lot but you’ll be looking to me in a year or two years, let’s give me a little bit of time to run things, but a year into office you’ll be saying, ‘Wow, I remember that interview, he said he was going to do it and he did a great job.’”
(Tina
Nguyen. “Donald Trump to Prominent Conspiracy Theorist: 'Your
Reputation Is Amazing.'” Vanity Fair.
December 02, 2016.)
Jones even claims the shooting Sandy
Hook Elementary School was a “false flag” ops secretly
perpetrated by the government to increase its tyrannical power. Jones
believes that no one was actually hurt at Sandy Hook—those were
actors. He also maintains that the Apollo 11 moon-landing footage was
faked. And, of course, he gained national traction on the American
right by promoting the “birtherism” fabrication that President
Obama was born outside the United States.
How
about the information read and subscribed to by Donald Trump?
During
the Presidential Campaign, Olivia Nuzzi of Gentleman's
Quarterly was granted a
story about Hope Hicks, “the 27-year-old accidental press secretary
for Donald Trump.” Nuzzi reports ..
“Getting the most
out of the star requires keeping him informed. While Trump nurses an
obvious addiction to cable news, the reading that's put in front of
him is largely confined to a topic he already knows well. Every
morning, staffers print out 30 to 50 Google News results for 'Donald
J. Trump.' He then goes at the sheaf with a marker, making circles
and arrows and annotating things he likes or doesn't like. The
defaced article gets scanned and e-mailed to the journalist or the
person quoted who has drawn Trump's attention, under the subject line
'From the office of Donald J. Trump.'
“He reads something he doesn't like by a reporter, and it's like, ‘This motherfucker! All right, fine. Hope?’ He circles it. ‘This guy's banned! He's banned for a while.’ That's exactly how it works.”
Hicks plays parole officer to an extensive and expanding blacklist of outlets and reporters no longer welcome at his events.
(Olivia
Nuzzi. “The Mystifying Triumph of Hope Hicks, Donald Trump’s
Right-Hand Woman.” GQ. June
20, 2016.)
What
in the world? Donald Trump claims the election was rigged; however,
he is giving Hillary Clinton hell for supporting a recount by Jill
Stein. Trump is supposed to be presidential and supportive of the
populace, yet he lies about the outcome of the election?
It
seems Stein’s intervention is an expensive gimmick to promote the
Green party. Amid questions from some quarters about
how the money would be used, her fundraising site said: “If we
raise more than what’s needed, the surplus will also go toward
election integrity efforts and to promote voting system reform.”
(Amanda Holpuch and Jon
Swaine. “Jill Stein requests Wisconsin recount, alleging hackers
filed bogus absentee ballots. The Guardian. November 25,
2016.)
So, Donald, keep sputtering, squawking,
and spinning stories. With the help of Alex Jones and other fellow
conspirators, you can likely make your faithful believe anything you
wish. And, I guess you want us all to think you won not only the
Electoral College, but also all of the primaries, the popular vote,
and the hearts of the American people. Talk about a pack of unfounded suppositions.
Keep believing what you want,
President-elect Trump, because it is evident you occupy yourself with
building an image of integrity that you have never possessed. I know you
believe you are a leader who will make unbelievable deals to make
America great again. The problem is your vanity and your pride are
the only instruments you employ to seek favor. Your spite is as
predictable as the next argument or challenge you encounter.
“Responsibility:
A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate,
Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was
customary to unload it upon a star.”
~Ambrose
Bierce, The
Devil's Dictionary,
1911
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