The news comes after Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for president, initiated a recount there and pledged to pursue additional ones in Pennsylvania and Michigan. President-elect Donald Trump denounced the recount as “a scam by the Green Party for an election that has already been conceded.” “The results of this election should be respected instead of […]
Tag: Hillary Clinton
Clinton’s Popular Vote Lead Grows To Over 2 Million
Hillary Clinton’s margin in the popular vote against President-elect Donald Trump has surpassed 2 million, furthering the record for a candidate who lost in the Electoral College. Thanks to votes still being counted in California and other western areas, Clinton’s vote advantage hit the 2 million mark on Wednesday morning, according to Dave Wasserman of […]
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is Another Scam According To Bernie Sanders
Our infrastructure is collapsing, and the American people know it. Every day, they drive on roads with unforgiving potholes and over bridges that are in disrepair. They wait in traffic jams and ride in overcrowded subways. They see airports bursting at the seams. They see the need for a modern rail system. They worry that […]
Bernie and Donald Unlikely Political Allies?
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. has plenty of differences with Donald Trump, but the former Democratic presidential candidate said Thursday there are areas where he could find agreement with the president-elect in the coming year. “Mr. Trump campaigned as a populist, campaigned as somebody who is anti-establishment, and I have zero doubt that he received the […]
Study Shows Trumps Supporters Less Educated With More Racial Prejudices
Election swings are usually pretty uniform. States tend to shift together from one presidential election year to the next. Most demographic groups do as well. But there was one glaring exception this year: College-educated voters became a lot more Democratic and non-college educated voters became a lot more Republican. These patterns were particularly pronounced among […]
Hiking Mom getting death threats over Clinton photo
The Westchester County mom who grabbed a bittersweet picture of herself with Hillary Clinton, a day after the election, said Monday she’s been getting threats because of the viral snap. Margot Gerster was out hiking in Chappaqua on Wednesday when she ran into the former secretary of state and Bill Clinton walking their dog on […]
Trump Unlikely To Seek New Prosecution Of Clinton
“Lock her up” chants have been a standard feature of Trump campaign events and were heard at the New York Hilton on Tuesday night during Trump’s victory party. Instead, Trump took a much softer tone during his brief remarks, which came after 3 a.m. “Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period […]
One scenario that could still get Clinton the Presidency
For die-hard Democrats holding out hope that they won’t have to live through a Trump presidency, there is a last, incredibly long shot for them latch on to — a surprise twist in the Electoral College. Though Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 200,000, Trump has won the minimum of 270 electoral votes necessary […]
Obama Begins Transition To Trump
WASHINGTON ― Early Wednesday morning, President Barack Obama called the man who long attempted to delegitimize his presidency to congratulate him for winning the race to serve in the office next. The White House announced that Obama had called Republican President-elect Donald Trump, who defeated Democratic nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in […]
Clinton Wins Popular Vote, Loses Election
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks to Florida voters Oct. 30 at a Baptist Church in Miami, Fla. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton finds herself on the wrong end of an electoral split, moving ahead in the popular vote but losing to President-elect Donald Trump in the Electoral College, according to the latest numbers emerging […]
WikiLeaks: Clinton Critics Right All Along
For years, Clinton partisans have blindly defended every criticism of the Clinton Foundation by pointing to the good work the charity has done. But the WikiLeaks emails from John Podesta, Hillary Clinton‘s campaign chair, have confirmed nearly every criticism of the Clinton Foundation, debunking the claim that it is solely a philanthropic endeavor run by the Clintons. […]
Trump to Demand Recount if He Loses
To hear Donald Trump tell it, Tuesday’s results will either save or ruin the country. Americans will emerge from Election Day ascendant with a strong new leader who heeds their cries, or they will plunge into a dystopian future of hopelessness and violence. “It’s our last chance,” Trump said in early November in Pennsylvania. But […]