Trump Again Insists He Won The Election Because of a "12,000,000 Vote Increase"

President Donald Trump accused Fox Information of taking part in a job within the distinction between the outcomes of the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, once more pointing to his common vote improve as proof of a disparity.

Fox Information has, like different information networks, acknowledged Joe Biden because the president-elect after the Electoral School licensed his election victory this week, a transfer Trump says occurred “although I went from 63,000,000 Votes to 75,000,000 Votes, a report 12,000,000 Vote improve.”

“Obama went down three,000,000 Votes, and gained,” he added. “Rigged Election!!!”

Maybe the largest distinction between 2016 and 2020 is @FoxNews, although I went from 63,000,000 Votes to 75,000,000 Votes, a report 12,000,000 Vote improve. Obama went down three,000,000 Votes, and gained. Rigged Election!!!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2020

The president’s declare was quickly flagged below Twitter’s civic integrity coverage, which prohibits people from spreading disinformation about elections on its platform. He was instantly criticized for persevering with to dispute the outcomes of the election although no proof of fraud has been discovered, all whereas the coronavirus pandemic continues to say hundreds of American lives every week.

“Each second of your day, each ounce of your being, ought to be targeted on saving People, not this frivolous nonsense, you sore loser,” wrote activist Scott Dworkin.

People are dying. They’re dying. And also you’re speaking about Fox Information and conspiracy theories. Disgrace on you without end. Each second of your day, each ounce of your being, ought to be targeted on saving People, not this frivolous nonsense, you sore loser. You’re an abomination.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) December 16, 2020

Former New York Instances reporter Steven Greenhouse additionally weighed in, saying the president is displaying the conduct of “a egocentric little boy who gained’t admit he misplaced.”

“He’s dividing our nation and sabotaging our democracy,” he added.

Deep down, Trump is a egocentric little boy who will not admit he misplaced. He pushes delusional claims of large election fraud that decide after decide has thrown out of court docket. He’s  dividing our nation & sabotaging our democracy. The egocentric boy must develop up & settle for actuality—HE LOST

— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) December 16, 2020

One other individual identified that prime voter turnout clearly didn’t favor the president.

It OBVIOUSLY relies on the quantity of people that voted.

Extra individuals voted on this election than ever earlier than.

How is that this difficult?

— Jay Lionel (@JayLionel7) December 16, 2020

Biden has obtained greater than 81,000,000 votes––81,283,485 votes as of this writing––in comparison with Trump’s 74,223,744.

Trump has lengthy described his first election win as a “landslide,” however has failed to notice that Biden defeated him by the identical electoral margin Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by in 2016. However even that’s deceptive.

Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight “discovered that the proportion of electoral vote gained by Trump — 56.9 % — was effectively beneath the historic common, 70.9 %,” in line with a Factcheck.org investigation performed in 2016.

Factcheck.org continued, noting that “Silver discovered that Trump’s share of electoral votes ranked 44th out of 54 elections going again to 1804. Earlier than that, he famous, “presidential electors forged two votes every, making it arduous to check them to present-day elections.”

Alan is a author, editor, and information junkie based mostly in New York.