- We begin this commentary
with breaking news.
Donald Trump is the 45th
president of the United States.
Look I know that happened
a couple of weeks ago
but there are so
many people out there
who are refusing to accept
the results of this election.
That fact might be new to them.
Some people were so upset with
the results of the election,
they want to do away with
the electoral college
but if you look at
the electoral map,
things turned out
exactly the way the founding
fathers had planned.
Donald Trump won
30 of 50 states.
I know, I know, Hillary
Clinton won the popular vote
but the people who
wrote the constitution
wanted the states to matter
so that heavily populated areas
like California and New York
didn't rule the country.
You can't whine about the
rules that have been in place
for 240 years just because
you loose the election.
Well, I guess you can
but you look ridiculous.
Speaking of ridiculous,
let's deal with Jill Stein
and her call for a recall
in Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania and Michigan,
three states that
have gone democratic
for the last couple of decades
but this time voted
for Donald Trump.
Now most candidates
ask for a recall
because they won
by a slim margin
and they want to make certain
every vote is counted properly
just in case they really won.
Jill Stein got 1% of
the vote nationally
and 1% of the vote in Michigan,
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
There is absolutely no way
she can win this
election with a recount.
So why is she doing it?
Well, she says she
doesn't really want
to overturn the election,
she just wants to make certain
that every vote
is counted fairly.
Really?
Well then why is Jill
Stein challenging
the three states that Donald
Trump won by a slim margin
and if you took
them away from him
and gave them to
Hillary Clinton,
it would overturn the election?
And guess who else is
now joining the recount?
The same woman who
stands the most to gain
if the election is overturned,
Hillary Clinton.
The same woman who
conceded to Donald Trump
and told us all we must
accept the results.
And then a couple
of weeks later,
Hillary Clinton says,
"Forget all of that.
I want a recount."
Even though she admits
there is no chance of
overturning the election.
So why is she doing it?
We'll get to that in a minute
but first let's deal with
the mad tweeter Donald Trump
who now says he would
have won the popular vote
if it wasn't for the millions
of illegal votes that were cast,
even though there is
no evidence of that
and there's no evidence
of the Russians
hacking into any voting machines
and there's no evidence
that the vote tally
is incorrect in any state.
So again, why?
Let's start with Jill Stein.
She's raised over $7 million
now in her recount effort.
She raised only $4.6 million
for her entire
campaign for president
and she's getting more
attention now than she ever got.
So she's in it for herself.
How about Hillary Clinton?
She's joining the recount
because the democrats
want to continue to delegitimize
Trump's presidencies,
keep the protests going, stay
in the news and stay relevant
so that Hillary can charge
more for her speaking fees.
So she's in it, as always,
for money and politics.
Finally, Donald Trump,
truthfully I have no
idea why he's doing this
but it's infuriating.
Why can't he just
stay above the fray,
act presidential,
ignore this silliness?
Look, nobody looks good in
this post election insanity
but after the
campaign we just had,
did you really expect Hillary
Clinton to become gracious
and Donald Trump to
find self control?
Congratulations, America,
you wanted a reality
show, you got it.
Welcome to the Trump White House
where anything can happen.
Expected run, four
to eight years.
I'm Larry Mendte.
See you again next week.
