He says he wants to get rid of the Electoral College….
He says the winner for President should be the winner of the POPULAR VOTE?
Ah, ?
Didn’t Hillary Clinton BEAT Trump by almost 3 MILLION votes in 2016?
I mean, according to Trump’s wish ?
He would have LOST…..
Why did he say the above?
President Donald Trump on Thursday voiced support for doing away with the Electoral College for presidential elections in favor of a popular vote because the latter would be “much easier to win.”
The president’s support for a popular-vote presidential election came as an aside during a free-wheeling Thursday morning interview with “Fox & Friends,” the Fox News morning show he is known to watch and where he receives almost unflinchingly positive coverage. Trump made the remark amid a larger point about public figures who publicly support him in turn benefitting from a boost of popularity from Trump supporters.
“Remember we won the election. And we won it easily. You know, a lot of people say ‘oh, it was close.’ And by the way, they also like to always talk about Electoral College. Well it’s an election based on the electoral college. I would rather have a popular election, but it’s a totally different campaign,” Trump said. “It’s as though you’re running – if you’re a runner, you’re practicing for the 100-yard dash as opposed to the one-mile.”….