<p>President Trump on Tuesday cited a quote from his predecessor as proof that Democrats are using Russia&rsquo;s interference in the 2016 election as an excuse for losing.</p>
<p>&ldquo;There is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even rig America&rsquo;s elections, in part because they are so decentralized and the number of votes involved&hellip; So I&rsquo;d invite Mr. Trump to stop whining and make his case to get votes,&rdquo; said Obama in 2016 during a press conference with former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. ;</p>
<p>Obama&rsquo;s words came at a time when he &ldquo;thought Crooked Hillary was going to win and he didn&rsquo;t want to &#8216;rock the boat,'&#8221; tweeted Trump. &#8220;When I easily won the Electoral College, the whole game changed and the Russian excuse became the narrative of the Dems.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Last week, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian officials and 3 Russian companies for a plot to &ldquo;sow discord&rdquo; in US politics, including the 2016 election. ;</p>
<p>The indictment makes it clear there is no proof that any Americans knowingly cooperated in the Russian plot, nor is there proof that Russia&rsquo;s efforts affected the outcome of the election. Furthermore, the indictment suggests the Russian scheme began in 2014, long before Trump announced his presidential bid. ;</p>
<p>Trump has been criticized for downplaying the allegations against Russia and believing Putin when he told Trump that Moscow did not interfere in the election. He has &ldquo;repeatedly hailed&rdquo; Mueller&rsquo;s indictment as &ldquo;vindication of his claims that the election outcome was not affected and that collusion was a false narrative,&rdquo; reports <em>Fox News. ;</em></p>
<p>&ldquo;I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!&rdquo; Trump ;tweeted Tuesday morning as part of series of tweets slamming Obama for his failure to ;address claims of Russian meddling. &ldquo;Obama was President up to, and beyond, the 2016 election. So why didn&rsquo;t he do something about Russian meddling?&rdquo;</p>
<p>In a rare occurrence, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) agreed with Trump&rsquo;s criticism of Obama. The Obama Administration &ldquo;should have done more&rdquo; to address the intelligence community&rsquo;s concerns about Russian meddling, Schiff said Sunday on CNN&rsquo;s &ldquo;State of the Union.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>Trump has recently referred to Schiff as &ldquo;Liddle Adam Schiff&rdquo; and &ldquo;the leakin&rsquo; monster of no control.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Schiff responded to the insults last weekend by asking, &ldquo;If McMaster can stand up to Putin, why can&rsquo;t you?&#8221; The jab references National Security Adviser HR McMaster&rsquo;s recent comment that Russia&rsquo;s interference in the election is &ldquo;incontrovertible.&#8221;</p>
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