Said Trump, in the second half of what began as the Thanksgiving call to the troops. Here's the transcript. Video:
Did the reporters change the subject from Thanksgiving to the election results? The question was cleverly framed so that it can be staunchly denied that the reporter brought up the election: "Mr. President, do you have any big plans for your last Thanksgiving in the White House?" But that word "last" was, quite obviously, a dagger.
Trump certainly didn't pretend not to see it. He immediately said "we don't know what is 'last,' if you look at what's going on," and he proceeded to explain "what's going on" at great length. Then he talked about the Georgia runoff election in detail and spoke of doing a rally there on Saturday — with a "tremendous crowd."
When there was finally an opening for another question, it was: "Mr. President, if the Electoral College votes for Joe Biden on December the 14th, will you concede to Joe Biden?"
Trump answered: "It’s going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud."
The reporter pressed: "But will you?"
He said: "As to whether or not I can get this apparatus moving this quickly, because time isn’t on our side, everything else is on our side. Facts are on our side. This was a massive fraud. This should never take place in this country. We’re like a third world country."
That goes on for a while, and the reporter finally says: "Sir, just to be clear, if the Electoral College votes for Joe Biden, will you concede?"
Trump: "If they do, they made a mistake, because this election was a fraud."
Reporter: "But will you?"
Trump: "Just saying, I said, this election was a fraud. They have Biden beating Obama, and Obama’s vote, in areas that mattered in terms of the election, in swing states, and yet he’s losing to Obama all over the place, but he’s beating Obama in swing states, which are the states that mattered for purposes of the election. No, I can’t say that at all.
Reporter: "You won’t concede?"
Trump: "I think it’s a possibility. They’re trying to… Look, between you people..."
The reporter interrupts, and Trump snaps: "Don’t talk to me that way. You’re just a lightweight. Don’t talk to me that way. I’m the President of the United States. Don’t ever talk to the President that way." He cuts the reporter off and goes to someone else.
The new questioner has this: "If the Electoral College does elect President-Elect Joe Biden, are you not going to leave this building?"
Trump: "Certainly I will. Certainly I will, and you know that. But I think that there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th of January, a lot of things. Massive fraud has been found. We’re like a third world country. We’re using computer equipment that can be hacked. They talk about glitches...." And it's back to the details of the voting. "If you look at the glitch, the glitch means, 'Oh, we got caught. We got caught with the votes and now let’s just call it a glitch.' It wasn’t the machinery. By the way, the machinery, if you look, just take a look anywhere on the internet, you will see many, many people where they’re experimenting with this stupid machinery, where if you set it a certain way, the votes go from Trump to Biden."
The next question is: "If Joe Biden takes over the White House on January 21st, will you announce a candidacy for 2024?"
Trump: "No, I don’t want to talk about 2024 yet."
Reporter: "Will you run again?"
Trump: "... This has a long way to go. This has a long way to go. You’re going to find tremendous fraud. You’re going to find fraud of hundreds of thousands of votes per state. You’re going to find fraud of many, many times the votes that I need." And he goes on again about the fight to win in 2020.
There's more discussion of the Georgia runoff. He calls the Georgia Secretary of State "an enemy of the people... whether he’s Republican or not" — "This man, what he’s done, supposedly he made a deal, and you’ll have to check this." He goes on at great length here.
Finally a reporter gets a question: "You know that it’s tradition for previous presidents to go to the next president’s inauguration. So will you attend Joe Biden’s?"
Trump: "I don’t want to say that yet."
Reporter: "But he is going to be inaugurated."
Trump: "I mean, I know the answer, I’ll be honest. I know the answer, but I just don’t want to say it yet."
Reporter: "Is that a yes?" Ha ha. It's easy to guess! We know it's yes. How could it not be yes?
Trump: "Look. A thing like this possibly has never happened before, but maybe people just didn’t catch it, but we’ve caught it." And back to the details of the 2020 vote count. I won't copy the whole text, but here's how it ends:
"[Joe Biden] is not a candidate that could get 80 million votes. This is just not a candidate. This is not a candidate that beat Barack Hussein Obama with the Black voter, okay? This is not a candidate that beat Obama with the Black voter. This is not a candidate that beat Hillary Clinton to a pulp. It just doesn’t work that way. But when you look at the number, when you look at the data, and when you look at the things we have, we have affidavits from hundreds and hundreds of people. This election was a rigged election. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you."
219 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 219 of 219I think Trump will have to go to the state legislatures for any remedy. They may not have the nerve, since they know the media will suppress the evidence. He should probably have skipped the courts to save time.
Readering has the unique ability to count to three but never four.
This Tweet nicely summarizes Jenna Ellis’ raving stupidity about any any appeal to SCOTUS after what the 3rd Circuit did:
https://mobile.twitter.com/Popehat/status/1332385139511287808
I don’t think that they will grant cert.
Folks have been so good at predicting the litigation so far .....
Barret and Kavanaugh have children. Consciously or sub consciously, they must be concerned about any ruling that enrages the psycho left.
That can also be said about more minor people making decisions.
Supreme court judges should be single, childless, fearless and devoid of emotional feelings, like a machine.
Blogger Ralph L said...
I think Trump will have to go to the state legislatures for any remedy. They may not have the nerve, since they know the media will suppress the evidence. He should probably have skipped the courts to save time.
So how would “going to the legislature” work? Say, in Michigan. Where the pro-Trump Republican state Senate Majority Leader and the pro-Trump Republican Speaker of the state House have both said that the legislature will not overturn the election results.
Now I begin to see how fullmoon got their handle.
They may not have the nerve,
they must be concerned about any ruling that enrages the psycho left.
This is where we are at. Everybody knows that if the election fraud stands, the conservatives will grumble, try to pass election reform and then answer at the next election.
If it is overturned, the left will burn cities and kill people.
This is the Party that Inga and Chuck love.
"By any means necessary".
Trumpists held boat and motorcycle parades while Biden voters reached for their blue and black pens.
Fopdoodles have the ability only to count to three.
Readering said...
Trumpists held boat and motorcycle parades while Biden voters reached for their blue and black pens...
...and marked ballots for dead, moved out of state, homeless, dogs, and imaginary friends of their neighbors' kids.
Fantasy. 40 cases and no evidence yet.
"The reporter’s questions, and the Yahoo headline are just malicious clickbait for evil monsters like Inga."
I have come to the conclusion she pleasures herself reading this sort of comment.
The Milwaukee recount is done. Trump just lost Milwaukee again with Biden adding 132 votes over Trump.
Blogger eddie willers said...
They may not have the nerve,
they must be concerned about any ruling that enrages the psycho left.
This is where we are at. Everybody knows that if the election fraud stands, the conservatives will grumble, try to pass election reform and then answer at the next election.
If it is overturned, the left will burn cities and kill people.
This is the Party that Inga and Chuck love.
"By any means necessary".
I agree completely. We have seen the first signs as GOP lawyers withdraw because of threats to their families and children. This is the
"Kristallnact" that Democrats pretend Republicans might do.
Which cities have been burned down ? How many have GOP Mayors ? How many are in states with GOP Governors ?
"Jenna Ellis accuses activist Judicial machinery of cover-up. Like I said, Trump appointed the author of the unanimous opinion refusing to use judicial machinery to nullify the votes."
And?
Roberts saved Obamacare by invoking a mystery 'tax' that even Obama's lawyers din't use as an argument.
A lot of judges go the the dark (your) side.
Robes don't make them saints...
Another fantastic court showing by the trump incompetents how's the court thing going Tim in Vermont,? I said I would stop back in and see how all your theory but non provable court dates are going. You are still losing Bigly right? Amazing only the "page lawyers here" have all the answers but not a real lawyer can get by in real court, this is the court of op eds
In a blistering decision, a Philadelphia appeals court ruled on Friday that the Trump campaign could not stop — or attempt to reverse — the certification of the voting results in Pennsylvania, reprimanding the president’s team by noting that “calling an election unfair does not make it so.” When lawyers asked is it fraud,,they immediately say No..(licenses at stake and they are incompetent not stup[d.. next
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