toomey on today's Meet the Press

[CoryTrevor]

CHUCK TODD: You regret your vote for president now?

SEN. PAT TOOMEY: No. Knowing what I knew then, I think, as the 75 million Americans making this evaluation between this radicalization of the Democratic Party and an administration that had very significant successes, I understand. I -- this -- it is a rational decision. Nobody could've anticipated what has happened, I don't think, subsequent to the election.

Please allow me, as a Pennsylvania voter who did, in fact, anticipate what has now happened, to share with the Senator some aspects of my regimen for critical thinking. First, I listened as President Trump proclaimed, repeatedly, on the campaign trail and often on national television, that “the only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged.” Second, I noticed that, again repeatedly, on national television and even in an official presidential debate, President Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power. Considering these two circumstances simultaneously, the outcome of a Trump electoral loss was actually rather obvious -- and widely discussed by political commentators, again, repeatedly and on national television.

For the benefit of future decisions that the Senator might make, rationally, in the private sector, the logical structure is “2 + 2 = 4.”

As for the Senator’s characterization that the Democratic party is “radicalized”, I ask him to consider that in the months and years ahead, we will be relying on that party, led by centrist Joe Biden, and specifically on his centrist attorney general Merrick Garland, to hold the outgoing (and still de facto) leader of the Republican party accountable for tax evasion, tax fraud, bank fraud, perjury, obstruction of justice, election meddling, sedition, and incitement of insurrection.

[Shermann]

1. Trump's entire political platform was built on the fraudulent Birther Movement

Nobody could anticipate the brazen dishonesty would continue? Hmm.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. They always seem to harp on trump's numbers w/o saying a word on Biden's numbers.

It's 74+ million vs. 81+ million. Eighty One million plus!

I love it when they seem to keep inflating the numbers somewhat.

[bronxiteforever]

3. NY Times Oct 2016 "Donald Trump, Slipping in Polls, Warns of 'Stolen Election'

Donald J. Trump has lashed out at fellow Republicans, calling them “disloyal” and “far more difficult” than Hillary Clinton.

He has griped openly about a “rigged” political system, saying Wednesday that he has “no respect” for the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, and previously complaining about a “defective” microphone in the first debate.

And on Monday, at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., he worried that the election could be “stolen” from him and singled out Philadelphia, a city with a large African-American population, warning, “We have to make sure we’re protected.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/us/politics/trump-election-rigging.html

He was trying to denigrate Philly votes in 2016. Toomey is a liar.