Pelosi: My first meeting with Trump as president was unlike anything I've experienced with other presidents

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June 9, 2017 6:01 PM

The first thing Donald Trump said upon meeting congressional leaders was that he won the popular vote, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said.

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The first thing President Donald Trump said upon meeting congressional leaders was that he won the popular vote, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Friday.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" talk show, Pelosi recalled her first meeting with Trump at the White House after he was elected.

"First thing he says to open the meeting: 'You know, I won the popular vote,'" she said, later adding that she had to tell Trump there were no facts to support his assertion.

Trump won the 2016 election by a wide margin in the Electoral College but lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by about 3 million.

Trump's disputing of these numbers and allegations of voter fraud created controversy for him in the wake of the election.

Pelosi said that even though she and President George W. Bush had disagreed on many things, they were at least operating from a shared understanding of facts.

"I wish he were president now," Pelosi said of Bush, adding that he once told her she would end up missing him. "I wish Mitt Romney were president. I wish John McCain were president.

"We all have to start at a place when we're dealing with facts, evidence, data, and then you can compromise," Pelosi said.

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