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Donald Trump’s claim of “millions” of illegal votes is a lie

  • Trump’s allegations of voter fraud have been debunked over and over and over and over and over again
  • Yet he continues to insist that multiple studies and investigations proving voter fraud is statistically infinitesimal don’t exist. 
  • Trump’s voter fraud claims are apparently based on a tweet. 
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  • Gregg Phillips, a former Texas Health and Human Services Commission deputy commissioner and founder of VoteStand, an app designed to aid in reporting voter fraud, tweeted that 3 million votes were cast by non-citizens.
  • There’s simply no evidence to back Phillips’ claims, yet Trump has seized this tweet as the foundation for claims of illegal voting.
  • Snopes attempted to investigate the validity of the tweet’s claim and came up with… nothing.
  • The Washington Post reached out asking for his evidence that million of non-citizens voted, he refused to provide any. 
  • An exhaustive study found only 56 cases of non-citizens casting ballots over the course of 11 years. 
  • Trump’s claim however has benefitted those on the left clamoring for an audit.