If Clinton wins Pennsylvania, she cheated

Trump said he wants to ensure that Hillary Clinton’s supporters don’t vote multiple times, citing concerns about voter fraud.

“The only way we can lose in my opinion – I really mean this, Pennsylvania – is if cheating goes on”, Trump told rally attendees Friday evening during an event in Altoona.

“The only way we can lose in my opinion – I really mean this, Pennsylvania – is if cheating goes on”, Trump warned, according to CBS News.

Trump said he had been sarcastic when he called President Barack Obama “the founder of ISIS”, but said without Obama and former secretary of state Clinton “you probably wouldn’t even have ISIS”. A Philly elections inspector pushed back hard against that criticism this week on Twitter, though, insisting that there’s no evidence of voter fraud.

“It is standard for campaigns to recruit volunteers for this in advance of the election”, he said.

On Friday night, Trump flatly stated he would carry swing state Pennsylvania unless something nefarious happened.

A few weeks later, when Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey brokered a meeting at Trump Tower between Mr. Trump and governors from around the country, Mr. Trump offered a desultory performance, bragging about his poll numbers, listening passively as the governors talked about their states and then sending them on their way.

In 2015, PolitiFact found that voter fraud is less common than people getting struck by lightning – from 2000 until 2014, the fact-checking organization found four cases of voter fraud out of 72 million votes cast. Of course, Trump’s conspiracy theory totally ignores the national and state poll results, which clearly point to an nearly inevitable Clinton victory in this election – perhaps even a landslide.

In an interview with CNN’s Victor Blackwell, Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson said the campaign was concerned with potential election fraud, particularly over electronic voting machines, which security researchers have warned are vulnerable to hacking.

Nationally, Clinton’s lead is smaller, with just over 6 points on Donald Trump. based on the average of several polls taken betweet August 1 and August 11.

Campaigns are allowed to appoint poll watchers on election day to observe the process for irregularities.

“I tell you, the lowest”, he said. Voter intimidation laws bar political parties from certain polling place activities. The states themselves are supposed to provide such observers.