Is the election recount all about closure for Democrats?

As Democrats hope the recount will swing things in their favor, the Trump movement seems split on the idea that President-elect Donald Trump invited Mitt Romney to a meeting at his New Jersey golf course, putting out the word that it went well and that Romney might be under consideration for secretary of state.

But then Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway sent out tweets saying that social media was rebelling at the idea of Romney joining a Trump administration.

Here’s what she said Sunday on “This Week”:

There’s one person who will select his cabinet and it’s President-elect Donald Trump. Whatever he decides will have my full support and respect and he knows that.

Related: Why Dave Ross wants a vote recount

But there is clearly a little market testing going on here and possibly an indication that Trump’s own advisers are using Twitter to communicate with him.

“I am just astonished at the breath-taking volume and intensity of blowback [that Trump] is receiving unsolicited from people on social media,” Conway said. “Particularly in private communications.”

“I’m reflecting what the grassroots are saying. They feel a bit betrayed to think you can get a Romney back in there after everything he did. We don’t even know if he voted for Donald Trump.”

A Green Party recount

Another storyline — the Green Party-sponsored recounts in Wisconsin and possibly other swing states.

Trump’s Chief of Staff Reince Priebus called the recount a “hypocritical joke.”

Conway says what she finds ironic is that the Democrats have decided to help after making a big deal during the campaign about how important it is to accept the results of the election.

“The question for the Democrats is: Why are you doing this?” she asked. “And by the way, what does President Obama think of this recount?”

The Obama administration has issued a statement saying that the election results accurately reflect the will of the American people.

Commentator Molly Ball, who writes for the Atlantic, understands why Trump believes this is absurd.

“You can understand why this gets his goat,” she said. “The Clinton campaign was in full, pearl-clutching, fainting-couch mode when Trump suggested he might not immediately accept the results of the election because he suspected it might be rigged against him. So to see the shoe on the other foot is a bit rich.”

But then there was Ed O’Keefe from the Washington Post saying he understands why Democrats might need this as therapy.

“Part of this, frankly, for democrats is cathartic,” he said. “They suffered a bit of a … political death three weeks ago and this is perhaps an autopsy to prove why it is it happened and to what extent it happened.”

As for Trump.

“This may actually do Donald Trump a favor, because it may assuage the doubts of a lot of people that question whether the election was rigged … and prove the fact that no, he won,” O’Keefe said.

Trump tweeted against the recounts, but then also tweeted the only reason for Hillary Clinton’s two-million vote lead in the popular vote was because of people voting illegally. Which implies he actually should have an interest in some kind of investigation. And in California, state Republican party official Harmeet Dhillon was saying there were irregularities, but it wasn’t computer glitches, it was California’s sloppy voter rolls.

“This is a common occurrence at every polling place in California,” Dhillon said. “We have a very outdated system … as a result, there are numerous people still on the rolls who either moved or are deceased.”

There is no specific evidence that a large number of unqualified people actually cast votes.

Clinton’s overall margin in the popular vote is now 2,235,653. But as for any Democratic hope that a recount might change the outcome — consultant Leonard Steinhorn says dream on.

“This is more about closure than the likelihood that three states could be overturned …” he said.

The other irony: Political scientist Larry Sabato says that Clinton, in joining Green Party candidate Jill Stein, is allying herself with the person who probably cost her the presidency.

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