Donald Trump refuses to be a gracious winner

Is anyone really shocked Trump is gloating?
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Marcus Gilmer
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Tuesday marked one week since Donald Trump shocked everyone, including himself, by winning the presidency and yet the president-elect can't seem to quit tweeting about how much more bigly he could have won.

Apparently smarting from the ongoing storyline that, though he won the Electoral College, he isn't winning the popular vote (which is still being counted), Trump tweeted out Tuesday morning that he totally could have won it, you guys, but he just didn't try that hard.

Then, as if to shift the emphasis back to how great his win was and making America great again, Trump heaped praise upon the Electoral College.


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As many know now, though, this is a direct contradiction to his feelings as the 2012 presidential election drew to a close.

For the record, while votes are still being counted, Hillary Clinton netted twice the votes Trump did in California and nearly repeated that trick in New York, winning both states together by a total of around 4.4 million votes.

Credit where it's due, though: Trump is ahead in Florida by a whopping 120,000 votes.

In case you were wondering if Trump would change after winning the election, this is as clear evidence as any that no, he will not.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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