THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT FAKE NEWS.
I THINK FAKE
NEWS DID NOT DETERMINE THE ELECTION, FOR PEOPLE USING THAT
AS AN EXCUSE, GET REAL.
APPROPRIATE, I'VE GOT TO SAY.
ON
THE OTHER HAND, IS THERE FAKE NEWS FLOATING AROUND?
YES.
AND
DID REPUBLICAN VOTERS ALREADY BELIEVE IN NONSENSE BEFORE THE
ERA OF FAKE NEWS?
YES, THAT WAS THE ERA OF FOX NEWS, IT WAS FAKE
ENOUGH.
RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU A FACT THAT IS --
PREVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING BUT WE ARE SO USED TO
REPUBLICANS BEING WRONG AND NOT LIVING IN THE FACT-BASED WORLD
THAT I GUESS A LOT OF YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED BY IT.
LET ME GIVE
YOU THE NUMBERS HERE FOR HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT
HILLARY CLINTON WON THE POPULAR VOTE.
SHE DID NOT WIN THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE, DONALD TRUMP WILL BE PRESIDENT, BUT SHE WON
THE POPULAR VOTE.
BUT LOOK AT THIS --
>>THIS IS NOT REPUBLICAN VOTERS, THIS IS ALL VOTERS, 29%
BELIEVE TRUMP WON.
THAT IS INSANE.
LET'S BREAK IT DOWN --
>>YOU HAVE TO BE THINKING, WHO ARE THE
INSANE 7% OF DEMOCRATS
WHO THINK THAT DONALD TRUMP WON THE POPULAR VOTE?
THAT IS THE
THING, GUYS.
NOT EVERYONE IS KNEE-DEEP IN NEWS, THEY THINK
THEY'LL TRUMP WON, HE MUST HAVE WON THE POPULAR VOTE.
I
GUARANTEE I CAN FIND YOU 7% OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS, THEY ASSUME THAT WHOEVER IS PRESIDENT
HAD THE MOST VOTES EVEN THOUGH THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE
FREQUENTLY.
BUT WITH REPUBLICANS, IT IS NOT 7%, IN
FACT 24% OF INDEPENDENCE IS SCARY, BUT 52% OF REPUBLICANS?
BY THE WAY, LET ME SHOW YOU THE POPULAR VOTE COUNT AS IT STANDS
TODAY, HILLARY CLINTON HAS 65,788,583 VOTES, DONALD TRUMP
HAS 62,955,363 THREE VOTES ACROSS THE NATION, MEANING THAT
HILLARY CLINTON HAS 3 MILLION MORE VOTES.
HILLARY CLINTON CAN
WIN WIN THE MOST POPULOUS STATE, CALIFORNIA, BY SUCH A LARGE
MARGIN THAT SHE WINS THE POPULAR VOTE OVERALL EVEN THOUGH SHE
LOST SOME OTHER STATES BY NARROW MARGINS, MARGINS AS LOW AS
11,000 VOTES, 30,000 VOTES, AND SOME CRITICAL RUST BELT STATES.
THAT IS WHY SHE LOSES THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE EVEN THOUGH
SHE HAS A GIANT LEAD IN THE POPULAR VOTE.
BOTTOM LINE IS, WE
HAVE AT LEAST HALF THE VOTERS IN ONE OF THE PARTIES IN THE
COUNTRY WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE REALITY-BASED WORLD.
I DON'T
BELIEVE YOUR STINKING FACTS, I REFUSE TO IN KNOWLEDGE FACTS,
INFORMATION, REASON, LOGIC, AND REALITY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
REACT TO THAT.
WE ARE SPEAKING DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, I DON'T
KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
SHOULD I COMMUNICATE WITH
THEM JUST THROUGH EMOTION?
MAY BE, THE MAIN THING THEY SEEM TO
RESPOND TO HIS FEAR AND HATRED, MAYBE JUST SCARE THEM OR MAKE
THEM ANGRY OR TRY TO ASSUAGE.
THEIR ANGER.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T
LISTEN TO LOGIC.
YOU CAN GIVE THEM FACTS ALL DAY LONG, MORE
THAN HALF OF THEM WILL SAY I DON'T GIVE A DAMN, I DON'T
BELIEVE IN FACT.
THIS IS NOT AN OPINION.
WHETHER YOU THINK TRUMP
WILL BE A BETTER PRESIDENT THAN HILLARY, THAT'S AN OPINION.
ANY
PARTICULAR POLICY TRUMP MIGHT HAVE IS AN OPINION.
WHETHER HE
GOT MORE VOTES IS A FACT, NOT AN OPINION.
AND OVER HALF OF
REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING, TAKE THOSE FACTS AND STICK THEM WHERE
THE SUN DON'T SHINE BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE IN FACTS.
AMAZING.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.