President-elect Trump says “nothing will change” with the election results despite a last-minute push to hold vote recounts in three swing states.
“Hillary Clinton conceded the election when she called me just prior to the victory speech and after the results were in. Nothing will change,” Trump tweeted early Sunday morning.
Hillary Clinton conceded the election when she called me just prior to the victory speech and after the results were in. Nothing will change
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
Green Party presidential contender Jill Stein has led an effort this week that has raised millions of dollars to fund the recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. On Friday, Wisconsin became the first of the battleground states to receive an official request for a recount. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign is also participating in the recount campaign.
Stein claims she is not pushing for the recounts in support of Clinton (who stands to gain the most from overturning the states), and is instead looking to address reports of discrepancies in counties where Trump earned far more votes than expected and possible hackings of electronic voting machines. But while she pushes to confirm the integrity of the results, some Clinton supporters are hoping against hope that all three swing states are overturned, which would hand the Democrat an Electoral College victory.
Trump shared a message for these Democrats this weekend: “The Democrats, when they incorrectly thought they were going to win, asked that the election night tabulation be accepted. Not so anymore!”
The Democrats, when they incorrectly thought they were going to win, asked that the election night tabulation be accepted. Not so anymore!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
Trump also called attention to comments Clinton made at the third and final debate, where she said Trump’s then-reluctance to accept to result of the election was “horrifying.”
Hillary’s debate answer on delay: “That is horrifying. That is not the way our democracy works. Been around for 240 years. We’ve had free —
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
and fair elections. We’ve accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them, and that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a –
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
during a general election. I, for one, am appalled that somebody that is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind —
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
“That is not the way our democracy works. We’ve been around for 240 years,” Clinton said at the debate. “We’ve had free and fair elections. We’ve accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them. And that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a debate stage during a general election.”
Trump continued:
of position.” Then, separately she stated, “He said something truly horrifying … he refused to say that he would respect the results of —
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
this election. That is a direct threat to our democracy.” She then said, “We have to accept the results and look to the future, Donald —
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
Trump is going to be our President. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead.” So much time and money will be spent – same result! Sad
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016
