NOW: @realDonaldTrump is on @FoxNews talking to @MariaBartiromo, claiming without evidence that leaders of other countries are calling him about the (not) "rigged" 2020 election.
.@realDonaldTrump is now repeating false claims about voting machines switching votes from him to @JoeBiden and claiming that there was "absolute fraud"
Trump now telling a "sir" story (meaning made-up) about how he received congratulatory calls from "big political people" before all the votes were counted (at 10pm on Election Day).
.@realDonaldTrump now claiming that North Carolina "has a better system" because he won the state.
"This is total fraud and how the FBI and Department of Justice I don't know maybe they're involved, but how people are allowed to get away from this with this stuff is unbelievable. This election was rigged," Trump says, offering zero evidence because the election was not rigged.
"we don't have freedom of the press in this country," @realDonaldTrump says while complaining that his personal lawyer's attempt to push fake scandals was not given the Hillary's Emails treatment this year.
.@MariaBartiromo now asking @realDonaldTrump about specific strategies for challenging the election result, he responds by complaining about judges and citing the fake "hearing" PA Republicans held at a Gettysburg, PA hotel last week.
Trump now walking through a bunch of false claims (poll watchers, etc) that have been rejected by multiple courts in multiple states over multiple dismissed lawsuits.
.@realDonaldTrump now claiming that it's suspicious that people voted only in the presidential race.
"People don't vote that way," he says.
Actually, they do. It's quite normal for people to only vote for president in presidential election years.
"People don't vote that way," he says.
Actually, they do. It's quite normal for people to only vote for president in presidential election years.
"We have stories that are unbelievable, but we're not allowed to put in our proof," Trump says.
(There is no proof. Judges have repeatedly rejected his team's lawsuits.)
(There is no proof. Judges have repeatedly rejected his team's lawsuits.)
"They say 'sir, You don't have standing.' I say, I don't understand...as President of the United States, I don't have standing? What kind of a court system is this?"
(The kind with well-established rules for who has standing to file lawsuits.)
(The kind with well-established rules for who has standing to file lawsuits.)
.@realDonaldTrump says he is ashamed of having endorsed @BrianKempGA because Kemp did not intervene to rig the election on his behalf.
.@realDonaldTrump does not seem to understand how @JoeBiden could get more votes than @BarackObama did in a year when far more people turned out to vote than in 2008 or 2012.
Bartiromo: "Mr President, will you be able to prove that the computers can circumvent the controls that are in place?" (totally wacko question)
Trump: [talks about a crackpot Federalist article she mentioned earlier]
Trump: [talks about a crackpot Federalist article she mentioned earlier]
Trump now ranting about Section 230, finally responds to Bartiromo's question by saying his campaign will be appealing the recent Third Circuit decision to SCOTUS
Trump now misstating the lawsuit filed by @MikeKellyPA, claiming the state legislature never approved the state legislation that established mail voting in PA (it did, because it was a bill that the governor signed into law).
"Now Detroit and Philadelphia, Milwaukee, these are the among the most dishonest political places in use, just look at the past history I'm not being rude to anybody. These are highly corrupt locations politically," Trump says (he means Black people & Democrats live there)
"But the news is the enemy they our, our newspapers major newspapers and major networks are truly the enemy of the people in this country," Trump says, quoting Stalin again.
@MariaBartiromo chuckles
@MariaBartiromo chuckles
"Is the thinking here that because of the various ballot issues that the Supreme Court will roll that the vote is tainted, and that will mean that they have to take votes, away from Biden and not certify?" @MariaBartiromo asks. (this is not how the Supreme Court works)
Bartiromo: "Have you received from your chief of Cyber Command. Any briefing on electronic interference from either internal or external influences Have you received this briefing?"
This is a totally batshit question.
This is a totally batshit question.
.@realDonaldTrump responds to the above batshit question about "Cyber Command" by attacking ex-@CISAgov director @C_C_Krebs
Bartiromo: "Mr. President, you have laid out some serious charges here. Shouldn't this be something that the FBI is investigating are the DOJ investigating?"
Trump: [rants about @Comey, Andrew McCabe, etc]
Trump: [rants about @Comey, Andrew McCabe, etc]
"They've been there for a long time people don't understand this they've been there for a long time. Some of them have served a lot of different presidents, and they have their own views," @realDonaldTrump says.
(This is how a nonpartisan civil service works)
(This is how a nonpartisan civil service works)
"there are many mailmen there are big trouble right now for selling ballots, getting rid of ballots. This is the craziest thing you've ever seen," @realDonaldTrump says
(There are not "many mailmen" in "big trouble" for anything of the sort)
(There are not "many mailmen" in "big trouble" for anything of the sort)
"Many ballots with the name Trump on with thrown out, you've read that, they found ballots in a river," @realDonaldTrump says, repeating a claim that @TheJusticeDept has already debunked
"Will you appoint a special counsel to investigate and to continue the investigating into what took place in the 2016 election?" @MariaBartiromo asks.
(The President does not appoint special prosecutors)
(The President does not appoint special prosecutors)
Trump flat-out says that he would support appointing a special counsel because he was investigated by one.
Bartiromo: "Confirm that your cases will reach the Supreme Court in the next two weeks..."
(It's not up to him)
(It's not up to him)
Bartiromo: "Are you worried about unrest and rioting should the Supreme Court agree with you?"
(The Supreme Court is unlikely to even take his case)
(The Supreme Court is unlikely to even take his case)
Trump [rants about antifa and MS-13]
Bartiromo: "Which cases specifically will reach the Supreme Court, and when?"
Trump: "Well, the problem is it's hard to get into the Supreme Court." (this is accurate)
Trump: "Well, the problem is it's hard to get into the Supreme Court." (this is accurate)
Trump: "I've got the best Supreme Court advocates, lawyers, that want to argue the case."
(This is objectively false. His legal team is composed mostly of crackpots at this point.)
(This is objectively false. His legal team is composed mostly of crackpots at this point.)
Bartiromo: "If you can't, if it sounds like if you can't be heard by the Supreme Court, you lose. (accurate)
Do you believe you will win this?"
Trump: "We should be heard by [SCOTUS]. Something has to be able to get up there otherwise, what is the supreme court?" (A:not crazy)
Do you believe you will win this?"
Trump: "We should be heard by [SCOTUS]. Something has to be able to get up there otherwise, what is the supreme court?" (A:not crazy)
Trump is now claiming that he "came up with the vaccines"
Trump is now talking about how he watched reruns of Fox News shows last night
Interview over
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