“He continues to maintain that belief based on studies and evidence that people have presented to him,” Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer said during his second-ever daily press briefing when asked about reports the commander-in-chief told legislative leaders earlier this week that millions of illegal votes helped Hillary Clinton win the popular vote.
“As I noted, he’s believed this for a long time … it’s a long-standing belief that he's maintained,” Spicer said.
“He believes what he believes based on the information he’s been provided.”
The phony charge — which Trump first made on Twitter while he was President-elect — has been debunked by state election officials and decried on both sides of the political aisle, but Trump is sticking by his guns.
Despite the belief in massive voter fraud, Spicer said Trump had no concerns that the phony votes affected his Electoral College tally.
“He won overwhelmingly with 306 electoral votes, the most since any Republican since Reagan,” Spicer said.
Reagan’s Republican successor, George H.W. Bush, actually nabbed more electoral votes than Trump as well — 426.
- White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer doubles down on Trump’s debunked claim about voter fraud, won’t rule out investigation, NYDailyNews.com, January 24, 2017.
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