Trump: I could have won popular vote if I needed to

[EarlG]

Source: BBC

With one state left to count, Mrs Clinton has nearly a million more votes than him but lost last week's election due to the electoral college system.

Mr Trump said on Sunday this system was unfair and he preferred a simple vote.

But on Tuesday he insisted he would have still won a straight vote because he would have focused more on the big states won by Mrs Clinton.

"I would have campaigned in N.Y. Florida and California and won even bigger and more easily" the president-elect said on Twitter. He lost New York and California.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37992573

[hamsterjill]

1. Gag me with a spoon!

Four years of this pompous jerk? Someone please tell me this is like the old "Dallas" episode where I wake up and it was all a dream!!!!

[lunatica]

2. California?!

Hahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha!!!!

Choke! Cough! Sniff!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!

[0rganism]

33. i don't think he's saying he could win CA or NY

just that he could turn out more of the right wing vote and/or depress the Democratic votes enough in those states to make up the difference.

at this point, i don't have a solid reason to doubt him.

[lunatica]

38. You don't have a solid reason to doubt him?

What more could he possibly do to convince you? Your comment has left me astounded to say the least.

[0rganism]

41. on this alone, i think he has some credibility

damn near everything else, he's a lying con-man
but there's no doubt he and/or his campaign staff read the American electorate like a fast food menu
he's a consummate salesman, there is no doubt in my mind that he could convince another 2 million rubes across our "great" nation to jump on his racist bandwagon.
i only hope the Democratic party leadership, such as it is, isn't astounded by this idea.

[Ken Burch]

3. "If I NEEDED to"?

n/t.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. The GREAT!!!!! The Most Powerful!!!!!! Wizard of OZ!!!!!!

Don't believe that?
Just ask him.

[Skittles]

22. fix was in?

[Ken Burch]

23. He did keep saying it was rigged...we all thought he meant something else. n/t.

[narnian60]

4. Ugh.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. He is more than delusional. No you know what kind of way would he EVER win CA.

We beat him by very large margins.

[JonLP24]

13. I don't think he was talking about winning California

He knew he couldn't win so he didn't spend resources there or New York. He is saying he could have made up the difference of the popular vote going for more votes in states he couldn't win.

[Cattledog]

26. He tweeted that if he campaigned

In NY and CA he would have won pop vote.

[JonLP24]

28. That's exactly what I said

I was disputing he meant win California.

[Maeve]

6. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them--book 2

Sen. Franken, this administration will give you plenty of material!

[Solly Mack]

7. Egomaniacal writ large

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. The interesting thing is he was born that way. Seriously.

I held my nose and read a lot about him.
Even as a toddler he was ploughing right into people. Had so many problems in school, and made so many enemies, that his father sent him to a military school.

the grandiosity, braggadocio, extreme narcissism was evident from a most early age. Now he has had 70 years to have it set in cement.

[Red Mountain]

8. I'd guess he would have gained votes in those states if he'd campaigned there......

and lost them where he spent all his time.

Net gain?

I doubt it but who knows?

[treestar]

24. yeah maybe he would have lost the EC

spending too much time in blue states and not swing states.

[spooky3]

11. It reminds me of post-tennis-match comments along these lines...

"The wind was horrible today. Really interfered with my play. But, of course, it was just as windy on the other side of the net."

Did Trump think that HRC wouldn't have campaigned in NY or Cal, etc., if there were no electoral college? Did it occur to him that maybe turnout would be much higher in the big blue states if we had no electoral college, compared to this year, which would favor Dems?

[FrenchieCat]

12. It was a fcking COUP....

[Generator]

15. Coup by Putin in plain sight

YES IT WAS. All Putin all the time. All the "alt right" are connected to Russia. So is Guiliani. So is Michael Flynn. So is Trump Jr. A coup in plain sight.

[gypsy11]

21. That's what I've been saying.

Has coup written all over it.

[Generator]

14. More propaganda

That's what the are telling the Trump army. That Hillary had illegals vote for her. So dumb. So sad. So wrong. Can't believe it took Trump being selected for me to come back to DU. Good lord.

[rusty fender]

16. Nope

Fuck wad

[Hekate]

17. Bigly

[In_The_Wind]

18. Dream on Mr Trump.

[BigDemVoter]

19. Well you didn't, Blanche.

And now you don't have a mandate.

[treestar]

25. This!!!!

Good grief. There is no end to his egomania.

[truthisfreedom]

20. Translation: I didn't win?

How did I not win?

[Guilded Lilly]

27. The gross megalomaniac continues his delusions

Of grandeur.

0h,gawd this is going to be a hideous chapter of American stupidity.
Breathe in, breathe out...be strong, remain angry enough to combat what you can on a daily and personal level. Fight against The Stupid any way you legally can!

[hueymahl]

29. Maybe he is right

I remember a lot of (now proven to be false) bravado statement made by DUers about his chances in Michigan and Pennsylvania. It would serve us well to stop drinking so much of our own kool-aid and deal with the world the way it is instead of the way we want it to be.

In the end, there is no way to know. But to simply dismiss his statements about the election, after he proved to be a better candidate than our own, does not do us any good. Well, it may make us feel better in the short term. Cold comfort indeed.

[spooky3]

31. He LOST the popular vote. He was not a superior

Candidate.

[ancianita]

30. Wondering if this statement will affect the electoral college vote. Probably not.

[beaglelover]

32. Nope Donald, you lost the election and you have NO mandate!!!

[truthisfreedom]

34. Our child president. Look, we get to watch him grow up and become a man!

Freakin' twerp.

[CreekDog]

35. And to even do a little better in large states, he would've had to modify his positions

in fact, on the craziest topics, like the border wall, Muslims, etc.

[zz-la]

36. The man is a pathological liar

Of course he believes this. Pathetic garbage like Trump are all the same.

[Skittles]

37. LOL

I bet it really chaps his hide that Hilary got ONE MILLION MORE VOTES

[lunatica]

39. I predict George W Bush has lost his place as the worst President ever

[Yonnie3]

40. Donny, I believe you, really I do.

I'm not just saying it, Donny, like some people, many many people are saying. Believe me, I believe you. You could've done it "even bigger" if you wanted to.

Sarcasm off

Donny just can't stand being second. He sounds like a first grader. SAD! I wonder how he will react to his approval polls being way below Obama's in six months?

The New York Times seems to set him off. I guess I can't afford to run a large ad there to tweak him.

[athena]

42. OK, everyone. Please think about what that really means.

He could have won the popular vote if he needed to. In other words, he could have told those who hacked the election to give him not just the presidency, but the popular vote, as well.

I'm really starting to believe that he stole this election.