Post by The Lou on Feb 20, 2018 12:41:32 GMT -5
Trump turns Obama quote on election-rigging against him in Russia debate
President Trump on Tuesday turned a 2016 quote from then-President Barack Obama against him in the ongoing battle over Russian interference in the election -- claiming it shows Democrats are using the meddling as a belated “excuse” for losing.
Trump cited remarks made by Obama at a press conference with then-Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi just weeks before the election, in which Obama advised then-candidate Trump to “stop whining” about potential election rigging.
"There is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even rig America’s elections, in part because they’re so decentralized and the numbers of votes involved,” Obama said.
Trump tweeted that quote Tuesday morning, citing it as proof Democrats’ attitudes changed after he won the election.
Obama was addressing Trump claims that voter fraud within the U.S. could affect the election, not Russian meddling. But Trump seized on the words Tuesday to put them into the current context of Russian election meddling.
Trump’s remarks come after a federal grand jury on Friday indicted 13 Russians and three Russian companies for allegedly interfering in the election, in a case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller that detailed a plot to “sow discord in the U.S. political system.”
Read more: www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/20/trump-turns-obama-quote-on-election-rigging-against-him-in-russia-debate.html
President Trump on Tuesday turned a 2016 quote from then-President Barack Obama against him in the ongoing battle over Russian interference in the election -- claiming it shows Democrats are using the meddling as a belated “excuse” for losing.
Trump cited remarks made by Obama at a press conference with then-Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi just weeks before the election, in which Obama advised then-candidate Trump to “stop whining” about potential election rigging.
"There is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even rig America’s elections, in part because they’re so decentralized and the numbers of votes involved,” Obama said.
Trump tweeted that quote Tuesday morning, citing it as proof Democrats’ attitudes changed after he won the election.
Obama was addressing Trump claims that voter fraud within the U.S. could affect the election, not Russian meddling. But Trump seized on the words Tuesday to put them into the current context of Russian election meddling.
Trump’s remarks come after a federal grand jury on Friday indicted 13 Russians and three Russian companies for allegedly interfering in the election, in a case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller that detailed a plot to “sow discord in the U.S. political system.”
Read more: www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/20/trump-turns-obama-quote-on-election-rigging-against-him-in-russia-debate.html
