He compared them to phony voter fraud claims in Texas and California.
Donald Trump on Friday declined to condemn the strong evidence of mass election fraud in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, instead pointing to other questionable examples of voter fraud https://t.co/g3darLK1RF
— POLITICO (@politico) February 22, 2019
"Trump has been hypocritical on many things including this," says the Chair of N. Carolina's Democrats.
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) February 22, 2019
"He and the Republicans nationally and in North Carolina talked about voter fraud. This was election fraud. It appears that political karma kicked in." https://t.co/P54qwRgljo pic.twitter.com/3Xsm2gYC0Z
Wow. Asked about election fraud in North Carolina, Trump immediately pushes false equivalency with made up election fraud in California
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 22, 2019
"I condemn any voter fraud of any kind, whether it's Democrat or Republican," he says. pic.twitter.com/wSoTwDbrfj
Trump just claimed, falsely, that there were 1 million illegal votes in California. When the reporter tries to correct him, he shuts her down.
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) February 22, 2019
Trump effectively uses his “excuse me!” line to cut reporters off who try to hold him accountable for a lie. They shouldn’t stop. pic.twitter.com/8C2Vyw28sI
Trump, on why he hasn't condemned GOP fraud in NC: "I condemn any election fraud & when I look at what's happened in CA with the votes…There was just a case where they found a million fraudulent votes."
— Jackie Calmes (@jackiekcalmes) February 22, 2019
Reporter: "There haven't been those cases. This is an actual case, sir."
Trump lays some of the ol’ ‘both sides’ on alleged election fraud in North Carolina https://t.co/oCdODcWUTF
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) February 22, 2019
Sad! 