{"id":15867,"date":"2016-11-28T06:49:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T06:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=15867"},"modified":"2016-11-28T06:49:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T06:49:48","slug":"no-evidence-trump-claims-millions-voted-illegally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/no-evidence-trump-claims-millions-voted-illegally.html","title":{"rendered":"With No Evidence, Trump Claims &#8216;Millions&#8217; Voted Illegally"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">With No Evidence, Trump Claims &#8216;Millions&#8217; Voted Illegally<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">President-elect Donald Trump took to his favorite social media platform Sunday to issue thus-far baseless claims of voter fraud and to send a stream of tweets indicating that the Hillary Clinton campaign&#8217;s involvement in an election recount was hypocritical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Trump, who himself implied that he would not concede the election during the campaign if he had lost, used his Twitter account to declare that &#8220;Nothing will change.&#8221; He also reiterated that Clinton had already conceded the election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Trump, however, also effectively offered his own support for the recount, providing a seemingly baseless allegation that he would have won the popular vote &#8220;if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.&#8221; In another tweet, he said without evidence that there was &#8220;serious voter fraud&#8221; in Virginia, New Hampshire and California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/802972944532209664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, a Democrat charged with ensuring the state&#8217;s vote goes smoothly, called Trump&#8217;s claims &#8220;absurd&#8221; and &#8220;reckless.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;It appears that Mr. Trump is troubled by the fact that a growing majority of Americans did not vote for him,&#8221; Padilla said in a statement tweeted on his personal account. &#8220;His unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in California and elsewhere are absurd. His reckless tweets are inappropriate and unbecoming of a President-elect.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Serious voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire and California &#8211; so why isn&#8217;t the media reporting on this? Serious bias &#8211; big problem!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/803033642545115140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It was unclear Sunday night where Trump got the ideas for his tweets or why he waited until Green Party Candidate Jill Stein&#8217;s recount request in Wisconsin to raise the issue. Voting illegally is difficult, as Trump illustrated in a 2004 video in which he was turned away from three voting locations.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WfXISEBwzN\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/WfXISEBwzN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Padilla (@AlexPadilla4CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexPadilla4CA\/status\/803075782922813440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The president-elect said he could have had an easier campaign had he pursued the popular vote instead of the Electoral College. According to his Twitter account, the future commander-in-chief said he would have only had to campaign in three or four states instead of the numerous states he visited.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s hard to vote illegally. Trump himself was turned away from 3 polling places in 2004 b\/c he wasn&#8217;t on the rolls. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tAW366jr7F\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/tAW366jr7F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraddJaffy\/status\/802990154029928449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It would have been much easier for me to win the so-called popular vote than the Electoral College in that I would only campaign in 3 or 4&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/802973848022847489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In the past, Trump has come out against the Electoral College. Previously, on Twitter of course, he called the institution &#8220;a disaster for democracy.&#8221; He also told Mitt Romney supporters via tweet in 2012 to &#8220;fight like hell&#8221; after Romney&#8217;s loss, as he incorrectly believed the Electoral College had allowed President Obama to win.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">states instead of the 15 states that I visited. I would have won even more easily and convincingly (but smaller states are forgotten)!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/802975667197386752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/266038556504494082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 7, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">President Obama won both the popular vote and the Electoral College by large margins in 2008 and 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Earlier Sunday, Trump directed his tweets at Clinton, quoting three instances via six tweets in which Clinton slammed Trump for suggesting he would not accept the election results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lets fight like hell and stop this great and disgusting injustice! The world is laughing at us.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/266034957875544064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 7, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hillary&#8217;s debate answer on delay: &#8220;That is horrifying. That is not the way our democracy works. Been around for 240 years. We&#8217;ve had free &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/802858273284255744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">and fair elections. We&#8217;ve accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them, and that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/802859802749784064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">during a general election. I, for one, am appalled that somebody that is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/802861553905238017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">of position.&#8221; Then, separately she stated, &#8220;He said something truly horrifying &#8230; he refused to say that he would respect the results of &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/802864075822788608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">this election. That is a direct threat to our democracy.&#8221; She then said, &#8220;We have to accept the results and look to the future, Donald &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/802865382490968064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Trump was responding to the Clinton campaign&#8217;s announcement that they intend to back the statewide presidential election recount effort taking place in Wisconsin, which was led by Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Marc Elias, a Clinton campaign lawyer, said they would involve themselves to ensure a &#8220;fair&#8221; process for all involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stein said she also intends to pursue recounts in Pennsylvania and Michigan, though she also stated on Twitter that she would &#8220;do a recount in any state where the deadline has not passed.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stein&#8217;s campaign is trying to raise as much as $7 million for the effort online \u2014 and it had garnered more than $6 million as of Saturday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stein also took some shots at Clinton&#8217;s interest in the election recount, tweeting:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump is going to be our President. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead.&#8221; So much time and money will be spent &#8211; same result! Sad<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/802866941820071937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Why would Hillary Clinton \u2014 who conceded the election to Donald Trump \u2014 want #Recount2016? You cannot be on-again, off-again about democracy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I will do a recount in any state where the deadline has not passed. Help my staff find state deadlines: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VsruD0r8FR\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/VsruD0r8FR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Recount2016?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Recount2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Jill Stein (@DrJillStein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrJillStein\/status\/802610426353741824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Donald Trump&#8217;s top aides on Sunday also denounced the recount effort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;It is a total and complete hypocritical joke that the group of people that thought that they were nervous about President-elect Trump not conceding are the people that are conducting recounts in states where we won by over 68,000 votes,&#8221; said incoming Trump Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on &#8220;Fox News Sunday.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway also slammed the recount effort on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; where she referenced the backlash over Trump&#8217;s refusal to say he&#8217;d accept the election results during the third general election debate as evidence of hypocrisy on the part of Democrats now supporting the recount.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Multiple media analysts have opined that president-elect might be using his Twitter account to distract from more serious news, such as the New York Times investigation into Trump&#8217;s potential conflicts of interest around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why would Hillary Clinton\u2014who conceded the election to Donald Trump\u2014want <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Recount2016?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Recount2016<\/a>? You cannot be on-again, off-again about democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Jill Stein (@DrJillStein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrJillStein\/status\/802628319422320640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here&#8217;s the breaking news investigation that Trump is trying to distract you from reading\/discussing\/retweeting: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ULqq3VFTuj\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/ULqq3VFTuj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackshafer\/status\/802987791718092800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2016-election\/tweet-flurry-president-elect-donald-trump-calls-recount-efforts-sad-n688761<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/no-evidence-trump-claims-millions-voted-illegally.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With No Evidence, Trump Claims &#8216;Millions&#8217; Voted Illegally President-elect Donald Trump took to his favorite social media platform Sunday to issue thus-far baseless claims of voter fraud and to send a stream of tweets indicating that the Hillary Clinton campaign&#8217;s involvement in an election recount was hypocritical. 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