President-elect Donald Trump ripped the election recount on
Sunday, calling it "a scam" and "ridiculous" and noting
that Hillary Clinton had already conceded.
Trump charged in a statement that the effort was nothing but
a fundraising ploy by the Green Party and its nominee, Jill Stein.
"This recount is just a way for Jill Stein, who
received less than one percent of the vote overall and wasn't even on the
ballot in many states, to fill her coffers with money, most of which she will
never even spend on this ridiculous recount," the President-elect said in
a statement, which labeled the effort as "ridiculous" in a headline.
On Saturday night, Trump tweeted, "The Green Party scam
to fill up their coffers by asking for impossible recounts is now being joined
by the badly defeated & demoralized Dems."
Trump said, "The people have spoken and the election is
over, and as Hillary Clinton herself said on election night, in addition to her
conceding by congratulating me, 'We must accept this result and then look to
the future.'"
The President-elect said he won Wisconsin, Michigan and
Pennsylvania by "large numbers" and noted his margin of more than
70,000 in Pennsylvania.
"This is a scam by the Green Party for an election that
has already been conceded, and the results of this election should be respected
instead of being challenged and abused, which is exactly what Jill Stein is
doing," Trump said.
Just hours after he issued his statement, Trump launched
into one of his trademark tweetstorms Sunday morning, reiterating his points.
"Hillary Clinton conceded the election when she called
me just prior to the victory speech and after the results were in. Nothing will
change," he tweeted.
And then he quoted Clinton's own concession statement,
writing: " '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."
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