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RandySF

(84,275 posts)
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 11:23 PM Jan 2017

Trump told Congessional leaders 'illegals' cost him popular vote

President Trump's first White House meeting with congressional leaders was, by all accounts, a cordial affair.

But Trump apparently couldn't resist taking a jab across the aisle, telling the gathering of bipartisan leaders that he'd lost the popular vote only because of rampant voter fraud by "illegals," according to a pair of sources familiar with the conversation.

"He said 3-5 million 'illegals' voted so that's why he lost popular vote," said a Democratic aide.

"That's exactly what he said," said a second source familiar with the exchange.

Trump secured his presidency victory by winning the Electoral College vote, 304-227. But his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, won the popular ballot by almost 3 million votes.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315791-trump-told-leaders-illegals-cost-him-popular-vote

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Trump told Congessional leaders 'illegals' cost him popular vote (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2017 OP
A lying piece of shit in the Oval Office is still a lying piece of shit. dalton99a Jan 2017 #1
An oval piece of shit. charlyvi Jan 2017 #5
Trump's hallucinating brown people C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #2
How many lies a day does Trump tell? left-of-center2012 Jan 2017 #3
Man, he is neurotic. n/t Beartracks Jan 2017 #4
They said he started the meeting off with this nonsense and prattled on for 10 minutes. TrekLuver Jan 2017 #6
 

TrekLuver

(2,573 posts)
6. They said he started the meeting off with this nonsense and prattled on for 10 minutes.
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 11:51 PM
Jan 2017

Can I please switch places with Nancy Pelosi? 70 something years old...end of my career, just got re elected...I would let him have it. I want to know what the response was from the Senate and House "Leaders" to this unsubstantiated statement.

This man as we all know....cannot be trusted with anything. NEVER have I distrusted an administration such as this. I was just a little kid when Nixon was Pres...but he has to be better than this Trashpot.

I really feel that Trashpot is creating an opposition wave. A lot of people are interested who were not before.

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