http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/11/election-gingrich-believed-popular-vote-winner-should-be-president
"Newt Gingrich, one of Donald Trump's top surrogates and a possible Cabinet pick for the Republican president-elect, does not believe that Trump, who lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton, won the presidency within a fully fair and representative electoral system. That is, if Gingrich's words from two years ago can be taken seriously. As has been widely noted on the internet, Trump four years ago questioned the legitimacy of the Electoral College system, which selects presidents based on the states they win rather than the total votes they receive. On Election Day 2012, when there was public speculation that Mitt Romney might win the popular vote but lose in the Electoral College to President Barack Obama, Trump went on a tweet storm, calling the election "a total sham and a travesty." He exclaimed, "We are not a democracy." He called for "revolution" against this "great and disgusting injustice" and slammed the "phoney electoral college." In April, Ben Carson also questioned the need for the Electoral College. Now add Gingrich to the list of Trumpsters who question the legitimacy of the system that handed Trump the presidency."
