Donald Trump continued to criticize the election recount effort by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein via Twitter on Sunday.
“The Green Party scam to fill up their coffers by asking for impossible recounts is now being joined by the badly defeated & demoralized Dems,” the President-elect wrote, following up on a statement he released yesterday against the recount.
Stein said on Wednesday that she would file for recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, swing states that Trump won during the election. She filed for the Wisconsin recount on Friday. Hillary Clinton’s campaign announced on Saturday that it would participate in the recount in Wisconsin, although they don’t expect a different outcome.
Trump took aim at the Democratic Party for joining the recount effort on Saturday night and into Sunday morning.
“The Democrats, when they incorrectly thought they were going to win, asked that the election night tabulation be accepted. Not so anymore!” he wrote.
He then launched into tweetstorm that quoted Democratic candidate Clinton’s concession speech and one of her presidential debate answers to illustrate his view that “nothing will change” with the recount.
Hillary's debate answer on delay: "That is horrifying. That is not the way our democracy works. Been around for 240 years. We've had free —
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and fair elections. We've accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them, and that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a –
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during a general election. I, for one, am appalled that somebody that is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind —
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of position." Then, separately she stated, "He said something truly horrifying … he refused to say that he would respect the results of —
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this election. That is a direct threat to our democracy." She then said, "We have to accept the results and look to the future, Donald —
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Trump is going to be our President. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead." So much time and money will be spent – same result! Sad
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016