This is a red-letter day, folks!
The Darnold has finally – FINALLY – said something too stupid for even the Freeperati to praise!
What, you ask?
Trump: I would rather have presidential election based on the popular vote
The Hill ^ | 04/26/18 | Brett Samuels
Posted on 4/26/2018, 2:30:13 PM by Simon Green
President Trump on Thursday argued that he’d rather see the presidential election be determined based on the popular vote than the current Electoral College system, claiming it would be “much easier to win.”
“They also like to always talk about [the] Electoral College. Well, it’s an election based on the Electoral College. I would rather have a popular election, but it’s a totally different campaign,” Trump said during an interview with “Fox & Friends.”
“It’s as though you’re running — if you’re a runner you’re practicing for the 100-yard dash as opposed to the one mile,” he continued. “The Electoral College is different. I would rather have the popular vote, because it’s — to me, it’s much easier to win.”
Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, securing 304 electoral votes to Clinton’s 207.
However, Clinton defeated Trump in the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes.
Trump has claimed without any evidence that his defeat in the popular vote was due to widespread voter fraud.
The president has frequently touted his election victory in the 15 months he’s been in office, often explaining that it is difficult for a Republican to win the general election based on the way votes are divvied up in the Electoral College.
A month after the election, Trump took to Twitter to claim that he would have performed “even better” in the 2016 campaign if it had been based on the popular vote.
“Campaigning to win the Electoral College is much more difficult & sophisticated than the popular vote. Hillary focused on the wrong states!” he tweeted, referencing his Democratic opponent.
First comment?
To: Simon Green
Uh… no.
2 posted on 4/26/2018, 2:32:24 PM by chris37 (“I am everybody.” -Mark Robinson)
To: Simon Green
Stupid. So the five most populated states will determine who’ll be president.
4 posted on 4/26/2018, 2:34:30 PM by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: Simon Green
YUGE mistake!!!The electoral college ensures a representative vote. A popular vote would ensure that NY, CA, and FL would decide every election.
7 posted on 4/26/2018, 2:35:18 PM by Jim 0216 (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
Your sig line is pretty amusing.
To: Simon Green; Donald J Trump
Waitaminnit. Trump has a Free Republic account??? Jeebus couldn’t love me that much.
It’s nice that you have an opinion, Donny-boy, but you don’t get to make that decision. There’s a lot more to America than California and New York.
Not to him. To him, you and your ilk are just rubes in flyover country.
I thought you knew that. You’ll still have to campaign for the votes from us rubes in “Flyover Country”.
8 posted on 4/26/2018, 2:35:47 PM by NorthMountain (… the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
That’s what I said.
To: Simon Green
Trump: I would rather have presidential election based on the popular vote
Well, I would rather return to land owning males as the electorate.
That ain’t gonna happen either.
20 posted on 4/26/2018, 2:39:57 PM by Responsibility2nd
Oh Freepers – don’t ever change.
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Just die.
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