Title: Donald Trump Falsely Blames Popular-Vote Loss on Voter Fraud
Headings: Donald Trump Falsely Blames Popular-Vote Loss on Voter Fraud
Donald Trump Falsely Blames Popular-Vote Loss on Voter Fraud
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Content: Serious voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire and California - so why isn't the media reporting on this? Serious bias - big problem! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 28, 2016
There is no credible evidence to support that assertion. Furthermore, there is no credible evidence of large-scale voter fraud occurring in the United States, nor any credible evidence of any large-scale voter fraud having occurred in the 2016 election. Most claims to the contrary have originated on right-wing websites and those claims have not stood up to scrutiny, like an article on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s InfoWars website, which falsely claimed that 3 million undocumented immigrants voted illegally this year. Then again, perhaps Trump is launching this fake news story in order to look forward, rather than backward: The Trump voting tweet may be more than an ego spasm. It may also be a warning that voting is about to be made more difficult for millions
— David Frum (@davidfrum) November 27, 2016
In reality, the more credible concerns that have been raised over this year’s election results have been allegations of voter suppression by Republicans in communities that traditionally vote Democratic and suspicions that foreign hackers — who national-security experts say had already been trying to influence the U.S. election — may have manipulated some of the results in favor of Trump (although, no evidence for that has been confirmed, and both the Clinton campaign and the White House assert they have found no reason to believe such claims). Last week, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein launched a fundraising effort to petition for recounts in three swing states that went for Trump and proved essential to his Electoral College victory. While the Green Party’s motivations for pursuing that campaign remain up for debate, the three states in question — Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania — were identified by a group of computer scientists and election lawyers as having somewhat suspicious results.