President Barack Obama called out Donald Trump for threatening not to accept November’s election results, saying Trump didn’t have what it takes to be president if he isn’t willing to abide by democratic tradition.
“We’ve got to do it big. We’ve got to leave no doubt,” Obama told a rowdy crowd in Miami Gardens, Florida on Thursday. “Because you notice the Donald is already whining that the vote’s going to be rigged before the game’s even over.”
Obama brought up Trump’s statement at a rally earlier Thursday that he would accept the election results “if I win,” countering, “There is no way to rig an election in a country this big.”
“I don’t know if Donald Trump has ever been to an actual polling place where you have Democrats and Republicans who are in charge of taking the votes,” Obama wondered. “But, you know, he doesn’t even worry if what he says is true. This is just about him worried that he’s losing.”
“Which means he really doesn’t have what it takes to hold this job, because I will tell you, there is a lot of time in this job where things don’t go your way,” he said.
“That is not a joking manner,” Obama said. “That is dangerous.”
Obama referenced a gaggle of Republican lawmakers condemning Trump’s talk of a “rigged” election—Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said at a debate Monday that “I promise you there is not a 67-county conspiracy to rig this election” in Florida—and then wondered aloud why those politicians still say they would vote for Trump.
“You got Republican governors in battleground states like Ohio and North Carolina and Georgia and Nevada and Iowa and Texas and Arizona. Are they all in on this rigging? They’re not going to rig the election for Hillary Clinton,” he said, echoing a point Rubio made Monday.
“Even Marco Rubio says there is no rigging of the vote, which I’d like to give him credit for, except he’s refuting the dangerous, unprecedented claims of a candidate he says he’s still going to vote for! Which just gives you one more bit of proof that Marco seems to just care about hanging onto his job,” Obama said.
I feel good knowing private citizen Barack Obama will be working on the issue of gerrymandering and such. Not only is Obama almost always the adult in the room (except when Michelle is there, too) but he’s smart as hell and just as compassionate and fair-minded. Thank you, President Obama, for all these years you’ve dedicated to making this a more perfect union for us all, dude. We owe you.
I love you Barack Hussein Obama. You are a once in a lifetime and I am so glad you came along during mine. Gonna miss you something awful. Looking forward to all the good things you and Michelle will continue to do for this country post presidency.
Not to mention getting dems fired up to vote in the mid terms. He knows all to well how hard it is to govern when you have no help.
Covering ALL the Florida bases, I see. You go, BHO.
Bravo, Mr. President for calling this fraudster out. I heard so many lies when watching just a portion of the debate last night, it made me sick. Drumpf is incapable of telling the truth, as he has to constantly reassure his insecure self that he is the biggest, baddest man to come down the pike. Secretary Clinton maintained her demeanor, acted like a professional and didn’t call out her opponent for his endless interruptions. Quite the spectacle; now it’s up to us, the voters to make sure Cheetoh Jesus get beaten soundly.