Trump believes millions voted illegally, WH says — but provides no proof

Even with a comfortable electoral college victory over Hillary Clinton last November, his three-million-vote deficit to his Democratic presidential opponent clearly is eating at him. “As I said before, I think the president has believed that for a while based on studies and information he has”, he stammered, before trying hastily to move on. “There is no investigation“. Analysis of the November election found nearly no instances of voter fraud, and there is no evidence that millions of people cast their ballots illegally. “States could use Trump’s claim as justification to make it significantly harder or impossible for millions of voters to cast ballots”. Quality candidates – experienced politicians who know how to run good campaigns – are more likely to run when they believe their party will have national tides in their favor, and in turn those candidates may wind up winning (because they’re good at politics) even if those tides never pan out.

Journalist: You said the president believes that there was voter fraud.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy tried to downplay Trump’s false claim as well, but his explanation made little sense. Spicer said at the time, “maybe we will” investigate the alleged fraud. I hope he can come to terms with that reality, because he has a country to govern that requires his full attention.

The new president said the inquiry would include “those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal”.

“Our work has focused on inefficient and inaccurate voter registration processes, which are not evidence of fraud at polling places”, Pew Charitable Trusts spokesperson Kelly Hoffmann said Tuesday.

Fact-checkers have rejected it as untrue and Republican election officials in key states have said they found no proof of fraudulent voting.

“The President has the largest bully pulpit in the world”. (It’s Day 5.) Asked if that meant such an investigation was in fact possible, he backpedaled furiously, saying, “anything’s possible”, “there is no investigation”, and “it was a hypothetical question”. “Should we have a residency requirement?” He added: “The notion that election fraud is a fiction is not true”, according to Yahoo News. As Spicer spoke, its primary stories included, “Immigration Hawks Worry Trump Backtracking on DACA”, “Drug pricing sets up first Trump vs. old guard GOP test” and “Trump reverses Obama on major pipeline projects”.

Of course, there has been no suggestion of widespread voter fraud in the 2016 election, and no belief that immigrants who are in the country illegally voted fraudulently.

During a discussion about California’s New Motor Voter Act on the October 13, 2015 edition of Fox News’ Fox & Friends, the show’s senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano predicted, “the state is going to provide shelter for illegals to vote”.

Trump also tweeted Tuesday night that he would “send in the Feds!” if Chicago doesn’t address its crime rate.