Trump Depicts Clinton As 'Hypocrite' For Pushing For Voting Recount; Calls Clinton "Ridiculous"
United States' President-Elect Donald Trump grilled Hillary Clinton for agreeing to her campaign's decision and for participating in recount efforts in the state of Wisconsin.
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
Politico noticed that Donald Trump used his social media account to recall Hillary Clinton's words during the campaign period and after she conceded when Trump was announced president-elect. He implies that Hillary was not true to her words by saying "Hillary Clinton conceded the election when she called me just prior to the victory speech and after the results were in. Nothing will change."
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
According to BBC, the recount efforts in Wisconsin was instigated by Jill Stein, a Green Party candidate. Aside from the state of Wisconsin, Stein also wants to look into the voting figures of Pennsylvania and Michigan. While the counting was technologically counted, the party wants to make sure that the voting system was not hacked by online intruders.
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
While this is a good move for Hillary Clinton's campaign team, Donald Trump says the recount effort will just be a waste of time and money. Trump even said that Stein just wants to gain financially from the recount move. In Stein's website, she said that their team has already raised $6M for the voting recount; this amount is enough to cover the recounting at Wisconsin.
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
Donald Trump poured his heart out in a series of tweets, showing how much he opposes the recount move. Political reporter Aaron Blake shared in details on Washington Post what he noticed with Trump and Clinton before and after the election period. The three key areas where Stein wants votes to be recounted are the three states which played a major role in pushing Trump to win. Trump won in Wisconsin by 0.8 percent; in Pennsylvania by 1.1 percent; and in Michigan by 0.2 percent.
