Donald Trump has lashed out at efforts to recount
votes in three states, saying he would have won the popular vote in a landslide
if not for "illegal voters," though he offered no evidence of the
alleged fraud.
His comments came after Green Party candidate Jill Stein
requested the recount, and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign
agreed to participate. The day before Thanksgiving, Clinton's lead over the
president-elect in the popular vote grew to more than 2 million.
Trump responded to the widening gap in the popular vote and
a movement for recounts in three key states because of alleged irregularities
in their elections, suggesting on Twitter that he only lost the popular vote
because millions of people voted for Clinton illegally.
"In addition to winning the Electoral College in a
landslide," Trump tweeted, "I won the popular vote if you deduct the
millions of people who voted illegally."
Trump beat Clinton in the Electoral College 306 to 232,
giving him the White House. Since election night, though, Clinton's lead in the
popular vote has grown, to 2.1 million as of Thanksgiving. The widening lead
has led some to call for abolishing the Electoral College, with Sen. Barbara
Boxer introducing a bill to start the process of changing the Constitution.
Sound as Trump's win appears to be in the Electoral College,
theories have abounded about fraud or other ballot issues in three key states:
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Trump narrowly beat Clinton in the states
by counts of 23,000, 70,000 and 10,000, all relatively close margins.
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