Saturday, March 18, 2017

5 Years Ago Trump Said The Electoral College Was "A Sham, A Travesty, A Disgusting Injustice"

(Background Note: On election night, 2012, Trump was briefly convinced that Obama would win The Electoral College while Mitt Romney would win The Popular Vote. What follows is Trump's election night "Twitter tantrum" in which he damns The Electoral College, declaring that an Electoral College victory not also validated by Popular Vote victory was a "sham, travesty and injustice" and signified "a disaster for democracy" which "made a laughingstock of our nation.")

In 2012 Trump Said The Electoral College Was A "Travesty," A "Total Sham," A "Laughingstock" And "A Disgusting Injustice." "We Are Not A Dem | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

Trump, Hillary, The Popular Vote, And The Electoral College

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2012: Donald Trump Freaks Out On Twitter

Shortly after President Barack Obama was announced the winner of the 2012 election, Donald Trump had what some might call a melodramatic freak out on Twitter. He condemned America's democratic process, said the Electoral College should get out of town and called for a revolution.

But Trump is still OK with the concept of freedom of speech and told the Twitterverse just how he felt.

He lost the popular vote by a lot and won the election. We should have a revolution in this country!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2012

The phoney electoral college made a laughing stock out of our nation. The loser one!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2012

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More votes equals a loss...revolution!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2012

Image courtesy of Flickr, Gage Skidmore.

[UPDATE: Donald Trump deleted a few of his earlier tweets from the night after negative backlash. But here's a screenshot of all of them, courtesy of New York Magazine.]