Clinton: Trump would have called George Washington a 'loser'

Hillary Clinton called George Washington’s decision not to crown himself king of America at the nation’s outset “one of the most important decisions any president has ever made.”

But Donald Trump, Clinton said, would have branded Washington “a loser.”


“Donald Trump is attacking everything that has set our country apart for 240 years. Now after spending his entire campaign attacking one group of Americans after another -- immigrants, African-Americans, Latinos, women, POWs, Muslim, people with disabilities, now, his final target is democracy itself,” the former secretary of state said at a rally Tuesday afternoon in Florida, hammering the real estate billionaire for his claims that next month’s presidential election will be rigged against him.

“So here’s what I want you to know. In the next four years, we are going to change some things in America, right?” she continued. “But we are not going to change the fundamental values that made America the greatest nation in the history of the world. You know, I think this all started when George Washington refused to become a king. Now, Donald Trump probably would have called him a loser. Instead, that was one of the most important decisions any president has ever made.”

As she has done in the past, Clinton called Trump’s unwillingness to promise to accept the election results “horrifying,” telling the crowd that she has “serious doubts” about whether or not the Manhattan billionaire would be able to fully grasp the scope of the presidential oath of office. His calling into question the American tradition of a peaceful transfer of power goes hand-in-hand, Clinton said, with his attacks against the media.

Clinton said she was encouraged by a recent surge in registration and early voting among Democrats. Voters in Florida and across the country, she said, have come together behind her, not just to reject Trump but to support her vision for the country.

“It’s about fighting for that future where everyone counts, everyone," she said.