Flynn Tweet - the rest of the tweet

The national media had a lot to say about Mr. Trump's tweet regarding former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's immunity request.It was all focused on the first part of the tweet with little attention the second part.

The Tweet: "Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media & Dems, of historic proportion!"


Mr. Trump has made similar claims about the election before and often for no apparent reason.
The objective facts are that in only 11 other elections out of 56 did a candidate have a smaller electoral college margin of victory (the analysis I saw used some adjustment factors to account for changes in the electoral college over time so we can quibble if its a few more or less than 11th). And we all know the results of the popular vote - 46%. Fifty three percent voted for someone else.

The "historic" claim is more subjective. Perhaps historic in the sense of the polls getting it wrong or that he was the first president elected since Ike who had not held a public office. It was also historic in  that only 5 people have won the presidency and not won the popular vote.

Mr. Trump's ongoing penchant for bragging about the election, often out of context, has brought others to question  the balance between ego and insecurity.
Sometime I wonder if he is just "mess'n with us to get a reaction like the one you just read.