President Trump mocked Democrats on Friday, saying that even though they performed poorly in the 2016 presidential election, the “best thing” they did was to fuel the “Russian hoax.”

While talking about his victory during a campaign-style rally in Alabama, Trump noted, “In case your are curious, no, Russia did not help me, OK?”

As he has done before, the president then went on to dismiss investigations into Russia’s interference in the U.S. election as a “hoax” and claimed Democrats are behind it since they needed an “excuse” for the election loss.

“They did a rotten job at running but to convince people about this hoax, that was probably the thing they did best,” Trump said. “It is one great hoax.”

He also shared his election strategy with the Alabama crowd, stating in part, “I decided, I think, very intelligently, to campaign in the states that you have to win for the Electoral College victory that you need.”

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