So this is ridiculous – there’s a story going around about comments from former President Jimmy Carter where he opines that the president is illegitimate because Putin helped him with his bots. BUT that is absolutely contradictory to what he said just two years ago.
From the Hill:
“There’s no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the elections and I think the interference, although not yet quantified, if fully investigated would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016,” Carter said at an event in Leesburg, Va.
“He lost the election and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf,” Carter said.
When asked by moderator and historian Jon Meacham if he believed Trump was then an “illegitimate” president, Carter replied: “Based on what I just said, which I can’t retract.”
There’s video:
Former President Jimmy Carter: If fully investigated, it would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election and he was put in office because the Russians interfered …on his behalf.
🎥 https://t.co/CYSBIK3qHF pic.twitter.com/o71Z4InVxB— CSPAN (@cspan) June 28, 2019
Here’s what he said in an interview in 2017:
Dowd asked Carter: “Did the Russians purloin the election from Hillary [Clinton]?”
Carter said: “Rosie and I have a difference of opinion on that.” Rosie is Carter’s wife.
“I don’t think there’s any evidence that what the Russians did changed enough votes, or any votes,” Carter followed up.
Yeah so I think maybe they should stop interviewing a dude whose memory is clearly failing him.