I find it extremely interesting that certain posters on this forum are not condemning Trump for these kinds of statements. Remember the hissy fits they used to throw demanding Obama supporters and everyone else "condemn" some statement that Obama made or action that he performed that was "beyond the pale," "treasonous," or otherwise detestable to them???
What is Trump's source for claim? What made him originally claim that millions of illegal votes were cast? Most rational and unbiased people immediately realize that it is because of his fragile ego. He can't stand that he lost the popular vote. Anyone who has paid even marginal attention to politics realizes he lost New York and California by a similar margin that GOP candidates normally lose by.
But what is Trump's data source? Would you believe it is a random guy on Twitter? He even refers to himself as an average guy and remarked that "isn't everything on Twitter fake?" when questioned about his tweet.
That's right -- the President of the United States is directly alleging voter fraud that undermines our entire democracy on the basis of this random guy's tweet.
What did the tweet even say? What evidence does that person have? Well, the tweet made a pretty concrete claim that they had verified more than 3 million votes by non-citizens. This occured before the end of November which is pretty amazing if you consider how much time such an analysis would take. The Twitter user was contacted and told the media that his tweet was simply
what he thinks he will be able to prove once he is able to analyze a 50 state database of voter information.
That's right. It was just a statement of opinion by a random guy. No different than a random poster here alleging voter fraud and throwing out a random number. But how do I know that's Trump's source? Because he tweeted about it this morning.
Link about Twitter user:
http://www.statesman.com/news/natio...ump-voter-fraud-claim/IheeNebs0TnqeUgsnipn8O/
Trump's Tweet acknowledging a random Twitter user is a source he is using to call for a taxpayer funded investigation of voter fraud: