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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What will it take for the Proofers to see what happened here? [View all]lapucelle
(20,767 posts)51. Maybe Trump was projecting.
        Once the administration repeatedly reassured voters that the election wasn't rigged, it weakened any post-election claim by the administration that it was. 
It always struck me as odd that Trump had very few field offices. It was almost as if he knew he wouldn't need  them.
And it was quite a coincidence that the three blue/swing states Trump decided to visit the weekend before the election were Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Those visits may have been made to give him cover for the surprising result.
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        In the post-fact era I doubt Putin on camera laughing at what dumbasses we were would be enough.
        Pholus
        Dec 2016
        #1
      
        
        I see...so you won't be even a little bit surprised if there was indeed fraud in Hillary's
        LaydeeBug
        Dec 2016
        #13
      
        
        52% of all Democrats believe the Russian's hacked the vote tallies in Trump's favor
        ElementaryPenguin
        Dec 2016
        #9
      
        
        Many of us were able to deduce that the Russians were deliberately trying to get Trump elected -
        ElementaryPenguin
        Jan 2017
        #61
      
        
        The intelligence agencies aren't disputing the hack of the US Elections commission.
        pnwmom
        Dec 2016
        #49
      
        
        No intelligence agency has said the Russians were behind the Election Assistance Commission breach
        onenote
        Jan 2017
        #56
      
        
        oddly, they still *do* them. Funny that they only disagree when it's the KGOPB
        LaydeeBug
        Jan 2017
        #73
      
        
        Check out these two threads for plenty of evidence of threats and potential for hacking.
        Amaryllis
        Dec 2016
        #34
      
        
        I was pretty sure it would be stolen when I read that RUssia had hacked into voter registration
        Amaryllis
        Dec 2016
        #36
      
        
        You have to believe that the losing party in each state accepted the hacking
        HoneyBadger
        Dec 2016
        #45
      
        
        I got really involved in this whole issue after the stole the 2004 election and it is dang near
        Amaryllis
        Dec 2016
        #47
      
        
        Nothing. They aren't looking for proof. They are looking for a reality that is NOT what we stand for
        AgadorSparticus
        Jan 2017
        #74
      
        
        Hotel receipts, empty condom packages, your friends say they've seen them together...
        wyldwolf
        Jan 2017
        #80
      
  