Donald Trump is still livid over the fact that the candidate he endorsed in last week's special election in Texas lost, and he's now trying to cope by coming up with conspiracies to make himself feel better. He claimed this week - a week AFTER the election - that it was actually those sneaky Democrats who went and voted for the opposing candidate, propelling him to victory. The truth is that Trump isn't the kingmaker that he wants to be, and that fact alone is driving him nuts. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.
Link - https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/566288-trump-blames-endorsed-candidates-loss-in-texas-on-votes-by-democrats
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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.
More than a week after his candidate of choice lost a special election in the state of Texas, Donald Trump decided he's finally off about that or I think more likely it took him a good week to come up with a conspiracy theory as to why the candidate he endorsed, Susan Wright, did not win that election. Now, before we get to his new conspiracy, let's talk about what he actually said after that special election took place and his candidate lost the Republican primary to the Republican challenger. He said, my endorsed candidate won in the primary, oh, sorry. It wasn't the primary, it was the special election. My endorsed candidate won in the primary, but the other outstanding candidate won the general election. Wow, that's good. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. We still won. But then he continued. Virtually 100% of Democrats, approximately 17% of the total vote, supported the candidate I did not endorse. I won because we ended up with a great Republican candidate. The Democrats never had a chance. So that's, that's what it was, the Democrats instead of, you know, voting for Democrats, just said, oh, we're going to vote for a Republican because it's the Republican Trump didn't endorse.
What, uh, what's, what's what's wrong with this theory, folks? Yeah, I think we all know what's wrong with this conspiracy theory. This isn't how it happened. Donald Trump is just off that he is not the king maker that he believes he is. He needs not just wants to believe, but he needs Republicans all over this country to think that his endorsement is the gold standard, that his endorsement is a guarantee that you're going to win an election. And we are seeing time and time again that that is not the case. Now he did score a victory, by the way, in the Ohio special election on the Republican side, the candidate he endorsed did in fact win. I think there was about 10 different Republicans running in that primary, the one Trump picked won. So there's a victory for him. Last week he lost it and he's making up these crazy excuses that don't have any bearing in reality because he's trying to cope. And of course, he's trying to convince Republicans that, hey, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm still the guy. I'm still the guy that picks the winners. This is just a fluke because the Democrats came, flooded the election and of course, you know, they voted for the person I wouldn't endorse. Yeah, that didn't happen though, bud.
The truth is a Donald Trump endorsement, endorsement, excuse me, is basically a coin flip. Half the time he may be right. Half the time he may be wrong. Just depends on if he calls heads or tails. That's what it is, folks. His endorsement is not carrying much weight whatsoever in these races, including in the races where his hand-picked candidate does win, because he doesn't actually have the power. And I've been saying this till I am blue in the face all fricking year, ever since he left office, hell, I've been saying it even when he was president, because a lot of the people that he backed in, in elections, special elections particularly while he was president, ended up losing. He doesn't have the sway that he thinks he does. His popularity is not universal even within the Republican party. And I know poll numbers may disagree with me on that.
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