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Michael Moore To Dems: Stop Blaming Comey For Clinton Loss

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Michael Moore said Democrats do a “disservice to themselves” if they put all the fault for Hillary Clinton’s stunning loss at the feet of F.B.I. Director James Comey.

During an interview on “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon” on Thursday, the 62-year-old filmmaker dropped a reality check on Democrats who he said refuse to see why Clinton lost beyond Comey’s announcement two weeks before the election about reopening the investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state. (RELATED: Bill Clinton Blames Hillary Clinton’s Loss On James Comey)

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 24: Michael Moore speaks during the PGA Produced By: New York Conference at Time Warner Center on October 24, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Producers Guild of America)

(Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Producers Guild of America)

“I think that Democrats are doing themselves a disservice if they just focus on the Comey thing and not on all the other reasons this happened,” Moore said. “It’s disgraceful–if I can use a Donald Trump word–that twice in sixteen years the Democrats have won the popular vote and somehow lost the electoral college. That they would let this happen again.”

“That nobody did the math, nobody thought this out,” he added. “Everybody knew what the law was. That Hillary didn’t go to Wisconsin for what seven months?”

Don Lemon interrupted him and asked, “it’s her own fault, Democrats own fault?” To which Moore replied, “Yes,” but said Comey didn’t help matters. 

“I think he was a factor,” Moore said. “Here’s what I think happened.”

“I don’t think people all of sudden decided, who were going to vote for Hillary, ‘I am going to now vote for Trump,'” he added. “I think it depressed the vote for Hillary. A lot of people just threw their hands up and said ‘I’m not voting. I am staying home.'”

“And it energized certain people who maybe weren’t that excited about Trump but said ‘I have heard enough of this. I don’t want another 8 years of Clinton-o-rama, so I am going to go out and vote for Trump.'”

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