2016 ELECTION/ELECTORAL COLLEGE: “An investigation started, called the ‘Russian witch hunt,’ affectionately. And it was a total phony scam. It was set up by people within the government to try and stop somebody from getting elected.
And after that person — namely, me — won, and convincingly won at 306 to 223 in the Electoral College — which, by the way, when you run a race, if you’re running electoral — you know, if you go by the College, Electoral College, that’s a much different race than running popular vote. And it’s like the hundred-yard dash or the mile. You train differently.
And I can’t help it that my opponent didn’t go to Wisconsin and should have gone much more to Michigan and Pennsylvania and other places. But that’s the way it is. We won election, convincingly. Convincingly.“
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Conference,” whitehouse.gov, Sep. 25, 2019