Sentences with phrase «said the election did»

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«Masa said he would never do this had we [Trump] not won the election!»

He said during the run - up to the 2016 presidential election that «good people don't smoke marijuana» and called it a «real danger.»

The CNN anchor moderated a debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney during the 2012 election and took a lot of heat for doing exactly what Fox News» Wallace has said a moderator should avoid.

«We didn't know what to expect when we looked at the data after the election,» Low said in an interview.

«I voted for Trudeau the first election — I didn't know any better,» says Lean.

«I think (Prime Minister Alexis) Tsipras will lose (the election), because I think we Greeks become resentful to the people that promised things and didn't manage to deliver,» Hatzi said.

Xavier Garcia Albiol, leader of Rajoy's PP in Catalonia, has said of the 21 December elections: «The choice is simple: do you want businesses and jobs or roadblocks in the name of independence?»

But that wasn't all that depressed Clinton's vote: Hansen said a far lower number of provisional ballots than typical for a presidential election played a role, as did a recent strict voter - ID law that was in effect for its first presidential election in the state.

«When you consider this survey went out a few days after the election and an election that to all pundits was a surprise and provided results people didn't expect, I wonder over time whether the exuberance may dissipate,» Wynn said.

«I am hoping there were special factors that caused people to be pessimistic [after the election] that will be resolved next time we do the survey,» Bernstein says.

He said he was «mildly nauseous» at the thought of having swayed the election but also said he would do the same again.

In the aftermath of Obama's meeting with Putin in China, he said the government did not see further tampering of the election process.

«In fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made - up story, it's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won,» he said.

On Election Day, WikiLeaks wrote to Trump Jr. saying that if Trump lost, it would be «much more interesting» if he didn't concede the election and instead contested its Election Day, WikiLeaks wrote to Trump Jr. saying that if Trump lost, it would be «much more interesting» if he didn't concede the election and instead contested its election and instead contested its results.

When Trump won the election, Zuckerberg appeared to take a veiled jab at the president - elect by saying that «progress does not move in a straight line.»

«Elections have consequences, and the consequences for our community have been dire, and if we do not change the balance of power, we question our ability to remain free in this country,» she said.

Trump's advisers have repeatedly tried to downplay the Russia - election matter, with Sanders saying Wednesday the FBI was «doing a whole lot more than the Russia investigation.»

Buffett has not commented on the situation and has said he will not do so until after the election in November.

Zuckerberg said Thursday that «voters make decisions based on their lived experience,» continuing, «Part of what I think is going on here is people are trying to understand results of the election, but I do think that there is a certain profound lack of empathy in asserting that the only reason that some of them are voting the way they did is because they saw some fake news.

Only 26 % of Trump supporters said after the election that they trusted the government to do what is right.

Tillerson did say, however, that it appeared that Russia did attempt to influence the outcome of the election based on declassified reports, and that he couldn't rule out Putin's direct involvement.

The subcommittee's chairman, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, said in his opening statement that «when one party is attacked, all of us should feel attacked... when a foreign power interferes in our election, it doesn't matter who they targeted.

«It doesn't do much as far as swinging the pendulum one way or the other, but what it does is directly call out Russia for meddling in the election cycle, which is a pretty bold statement from the US that hasn't been made in the past,» he said.

At the very least, our editors said, the Fed should do more to reduce the appearance of being political, especially during an election year.

So it's complicated for them as to what they do and what we've been doing is dealing with them during a period where they're actually having what we would call an election,» he said.

«I never said Russia did not meddle in the election, I said «it may be Russia, or China or another country or group, or it may be a 400 pound genius sitting in bed and playing with his computer,»» Trump tweeted early Sunday morning.

In an inteview before the election, Cenovus CEO Brian Ferguson criticized the idea, saying he didn't think there was «any room for any increase in royalties.»

However, Zuckerberg also said Facebook hasn't done enough to prevent harmful use of its own tools in regards to issues including fake news, election interference, hate speech and privacy concerns.

Speaking in Poland, U.S. President Donald Trump said something would have to be done about North Korea's «very, very bad behavior», before adding that he believed Russia had interfered in the U.S. election.

One of the organizers, Cameron Kasky, said their goal is to stop politicians taking money from the National Rifle Association, and to unseat any politician who does in the upcoming mid-term elections.

Since his election, Trump has not publicly addressed transgender issues, though he did ease some concerns among gays and lesbians by saying that he considered same - sex marriage to be settled law.

When asked whether Russian meddling in the election was phony, Trump said: «That I don't know.

... I think what happened was that he thought that Hillary Clinton was going to win the election and he said let's not do anything about it.»

«I don't even think Putin has to steal the election,» says Gooderich.

«Brooke, I got my hands on this tape because I decided... to do real investigative journalism, because I was tired of watching how the news was reporting this issue,» Pollock said, before laying into the media for its handling of Donald Trump's candidacy and eventual victory in the 2016 election.

White House lawyers and other officials studied the option of overriding the ban but did not develop a strong legal position or an effective political sales pitch in an election year, a source familiar with the discussions said.

«And they said to him, «So if the election were held now again, what would you do?»»

While Ohio's law does not mention emails or other electronic means of communication, its intent is clear: Employers should not make threats about layoffs based on the election of a particular candidate in any shape or form, says Quesenberry.

Fox News «had a man on this morning who was a Democrat his whole life, he voted as a Democrat, but he voted for — I say «us,» I don't say «me» — he voted for us in the last election 2016,» Trump told supporters at the packed Covelli Centre.

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The election outcome could also affect different sectors, says Stovall, though this has nothing to do with history.

Regarding the upcoming presidential election, he said he does not believe the outcome to be particularly important in terms of the market.

«If the sector has a bright future, like I think it does, my guess is the rebound will get started faster and before the election because the stock market is theoretically forward - looking,» he said.

(The AP said that most of the former workers and contestants they interviewed offered no opinion on the current election, but most of those who did said they are not voting for Trump.)

Trump did not elaborate on how exactly he thought the election would be rigged, though he did make mention of his displeasure that a federal court had struck down a North Carolina voter ID law that the court said was specifically aimed at disenfranchising black voters.

The B.C. Liberal leader made the announcement Wednesday at a paper products company in Surrey while campaigning for the May 9 provincial election, saying an impasse over softwood lumber «gives us the freedom to do what I think is unquestionably the right thing.»

During his first on - camera press briefing in over a week, the press secretary did not answer a question about whether Trump believed the Russians interfered in the US election, saying he hadn't spoken with Trump about the topic.

Nowhere does the indictment say that Russian social media efforts were irrelevant to the election.

The company says it won't throw good money after bad until someone can do something about the NDP government of John Horgan in B.C., who promised in the election last summer to try to stop the project.

«It is definitely the case in 2016 that we were behind and we didn't understand that kind of election interference,» Sandberg said.