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If you only read one thing: Donald Trump is spreading false information about the election, responding to a liberal push for a recount in Wisconsin by alleging voter fraud in three states where he lost. The baseless allegations of millions of illegal votes is far from the first time that the President-elect has entertained conspiracy, but it's his first foray into the same since winning on Election Day.
President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly furious over comments his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway has made about Mitt Romney, who is under consideration for the secretary of state post in his Cabinet. Conway suggested Sunday that Trump supporters felt "betrayed" by the consideration of Romney for the post.
President-elect Donald Trump will meet with former CIA Director David Petraeus Monday, CBS News has confirmed, furthering speculation that Petraeus is a top contender to become Mr. Trump's secretary of state. On Tuesday, Mr. Trump will meet with two others said to be top contenders, 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee.
On November 27, 2016 Kellyanne Conway questioned Romney's loyalty to Trump, and questioned Romney's judgment because of his attacks on Trump. She said that Romney lost states in 2012 that Trump won, and questioned what has Romney done since 2012 to warrant an important position such as Secretary of State.
President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office, where on January 20 he will take the oath and assume office. Photo / AP In an "extraordinary" move, several of the President-elect's closest confidants, including his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, are publicly undermining his deliberations over the still-vacant Secretary of State job in his administration.
President-elect Donald Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway attacked former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, now a contender for secretary of state, warning him, "This is Trump's party now." "I think that there was the 'Never Trump' movement and then there was Gov. Mitt Romney.
Trump has hyped and teased who he will pick to serve in his administration, tweeting that only he knows the "finalists." C-SPAN cameras have broadcast the lobby of Trump Tower , allowing curious viewers to watch the spectacle from their own homes.
A top aide to President-elect Donald Trump said Mitt Romney, a potential choice for secretary of state, faces a groundswell of opposition as some of Trump's loyalists become more explicit with their criticism of the former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate. "I am just astonished at the breathtaking volume and intensity of blowback that I see, just as one person close to the president-elect," Kellyanne Conway, who managed Trump's campaign and is now a senior adviser to his transition, said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."
A top Donald Trump adviser warned Sunday that the president-elect's supporters would feel "betrayed" if he tapped former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as secretary of state, a move that would put a once fierce Trump critic in a powerful Cabinet post. The comments from Kellyanne Conway deepened a highly unusual push by some Trump allies to stop the president-elect from nominating Romney.
President-elect Donald Trump claimed without evidence Sunday that "millions" voted illegally in the national election, scoffing at Hillary Clinton's nearly 2 million edge in the popular vote and returning to his campaign mantra of a rigged race even as he prepares to enter the White House in less than two months. Trump and his lieutenants assailed an effort - now joined by Clinton - to recount votes in up to three battleground states, calling the push fraudulent, the work of "crybabies" and, in Trump's estimation, "sad."
A top Donald Trump adviser warned Sunday that the president-elect's supporters would feel "betrayed" if he tapped former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as secretary of state, a move that would put a once-fierce Trump critic in a powerful Cabinet post. The comments from Kellyanne Conway deepened a highly unusual push by some Trump allies to stop the president-elect from nominating Romney.
Secretary of state isn't some kind of patronage job. It doesn't involve award points Rudolph Giuliani earned with Donald Trump during his campaign, first to be the Republican nominee and then President of the United States.
President-elect Donald Trump pressed forward Friday with two more administration picks, as failed Green Party candidate Jill Stein took new steps to force recounts across key Midwestern battlegrounds that could complicate Trump's push for national unity. Stein, who earned little more than 1 percent of the national vote, formally requested a Wisconsin recount Friday afternoon, vowing to do the same in the coming days in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Failed Green Party candidate Jill Stein took new steps to force recounts across key Midwestern battlegrounds that could complicate Donald Trump's push for national unity. Stein, who earned little more than 1 per cent of the national vote, formally requested a Wisconsin recount Friday afternoon, vowing to do the same in the coming days in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The incoming president has tapped Fox News analyst Kathleen "KT" McFarland to serve as deputy national security adviser, and campaign attorney Donald McGahn as White House counsel. He cited McFarland's "tremendous experience and innate talent," which he said would "complement the fantastic team we are assembling."
One of the more salutary outcomes of the recent election is that Democrats are finally beginning to question the wisdom of basing their fortunes on identity politics. Having counted on the allegiance of African-Americans, Hispanics, gays, unmarried women and the young - and winning the popular vote all but once since 1992 - they were seduced into believing that they could ride this "coalition of the ascendant" into permanent command of the presidency.
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President-elect Trump shocked the political world by meeting with Mitt Romney and apparently considering him for secretary of state. If he nominates the former Massachusetts governor, would he also demoralize his supporters? Receiving deluge of social media & private comms re: Romney Some Trump loyalists warn against Romney as sec of state https://t.co/HDtpjeJTc3 - Kellyanne Conway November 24, 2016 Early Thanksgiving morning, former Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway tweeted an article about Trump loyalists who were opposed to a Romney nomination, saying she was "receiving deluge of social media and private comms" regarding the unsuccessful 2012 Republican presidential nominee.
One of the more salutary outcomes of the recent election is that Democrats are finally beginning to question the wisdom of basing their fortunes on identity politics. Having counted on the allegiance of African-Americans, Hispanics, gays, unmarried women and the young - and winning the popular vote all but once since 1992 - they were seduced into believing that they could ride this "coalition of the ascendant" into permanent command of the presidency.