Granted, Donald Trump is not exactly the smartest person to ever reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but does this dimwit even know what year it is?
Just two weeks, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, in response to remarks made by Georgia Congressman John Lewis that Trump wasn’t “legitimate” because of questions surrounding Russian influence on the 2016 election, commented:
“You didn’t have Republicans questioning whether or not Obama legitimately beat John McCain in 2008.”
But on Wednesday, in an interview he gave to ABC News, Trump did exactly that, and more! This is what he told David Muir:
“I ran for the electoral college. I didn’t run for the popular vote. What I’m saying is if there are these problems that many people agree with me that there might be. Look, Barack Obama ― if you look back ― eight years ago when he first ran ― he was running for office in Chicago. …
And he was laughing at the system because he knew all of those votes were going to him. You look at Philadelphia, you look at what’s going on in Philadelphia. But take a look at the tape of Barack Obama who wrote me, by the way, a very beautiful letter in the drawer of the desk. Very beautiful. And I appreciate it. But look at what he said, it’s on tape. Look at what he said about voting in Chicago eight years ago. It’s not changed. It hasn’t changed, believe me. Chicago, look what’s going on in Chicago. It’s only gotten worse.”
To Trump’s way of thinking, President Obama flat-out admitted that massive voter fraud was taking place in 2008 and he thought it was hilarious, so he bragged about it. That’s simply not true, like most things that come from Trump’s mouth.
In that same ABC interview, Trump then added:
“But he was smiling and laughing about the vote in Chicago. Now, once he became president he didn’t do that. All of a sudden it became this is the foundation of our country. So, here’s the point, you have a lot of stuff going on possibly. I say probably. But possibly. We’re gonna get to the bottom of it.”
Here’s the deeper point regarding Trump accusing anyone of doing something totally bogus in order to discredit another person politically: Trump almost single-handedly kept the birther lies alive during the Obama Administration. And now he wants to investigate voter fraud? He might want to try looking deep into his own withered soul first. If he does, he’ll discover that karma can be one mean son of a bitch when it comes to call.
President Trump to launch investigation into alleged voter fraud: “I want the voting process to be legitimate." https://t.co/zjjJ6vMqXU pic.twitter.com/h7zavlBWoa
— ABC News (@ABC) January 26, 2017
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