ANOTHER REPUBLICAN LIE

We have been constantly reminded by Republicans lately that 63 Million Americans voted for Trump for President in 2016, as if to indicate Trump was put in the White House by the “will of the people”.

It is true that Trump received almost 63 Million votes in 2016.  But he was clearly not the people’s choice.

Here are the results of the 2016 Presidential election –

Donald J. Trump	Republican	62,985,134
Hillary Clinton	Democratic	65,853,652
Write-ins	-	1,154,084
Gary Johnson	Libertarian	4,489,235
Dr. Jill Stein	Green	1,457,226
Evan McMullin	Independent	732,273
Other	-	453,880
TOTAL		137,125,484

You can see that while Trump got about 63 Million votes Clinton got 66 Million votes!  Trump got 46% of the popular vote - but Clinton got 48%.

Of the 137 Million Americans who voted for President in 2016 74 Million voted against Trump.  So, 11 Million more Americans voted AGAINST Trump than for Trump.

Trump was put in office by the outdated Electoral College, not by the people.  Ironically, one of the reasons the Founding Fathers created the Electoral College was, according to “Why the Electoral College” from HISTORY CENTRAL, because “they feared a tyrant could manipulate public opinion and come to power”.  So, one of the main reasons for the existence of the Electoral College is to keep a dangerous demagogue like Trump out of the White House.  It obviously does not work. What it can do is negate the actual “will of the people”, as it clearly did in 2016.

So, Republicans, your argument that the Democrats are trying to undo the “will of the people” through impeachment is, like everything that comes out of the mouth of Trump, a lie.