"What the hell do I have to do with it?"

President Trump, speaking to the NRCC, seemed to imply the 2018 midterms were rigged: "we have to be a little bit careful, because I don't like the way the votes are being tallied. You don't like it either, you just don't want to say it because you're afraid of the press."

— Nikki Carvajal (@nikkicarvajal) April 2, 2019

Think about the number of people in all the counties of America (254 counties in Texas alone) who would have to be involved in this nationwide conspiracy.

Trump at NRCC dinner says there "were a lot of close elections" in 2018 and "every one seemed to go Democrat...You’ve got to be a little more paranoid than you are … you don’t like it either but you don’t want to say it because you’re afraid of the press."

— Jordyn Phelps (@JordynPhelps) April 2, 2019

The duly elected head of our democratic republic denounces the validity of the most basic function of that democracy because he doesn't like the election outcome. All in service of making sure he is never responsible.

“Our Kevin. Do we love Kevin?” Trump says of Kevin McCarthy as he takes the stage at NRCC funder. Of GOP losses in 2018: “I say, what the hell do I have to do with it? They say, Trump wasn’t running.”

— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) April 2, 2019

And any mention of this speech is just not fair.

"Someone's going to leak this whole damn speech to the media," Trump tells NRCC in a speech that is being broadcast live by C-SPAN.

— John Fritze (@jfritze) April 3, 2019