President-elect Trump retweets teenager in rant against CNN
Donald Trump is doubling down on his claim that voter fraud perpetrated by millions of undocumented immigrants gave Hillary Clinton the edge in the popular vote -- and he's retweeting random people on Twitter to do it.
There is absolutely no evidence for Trump's claim, according to Electionland, a special project run by ProPublica, Google News Lab, WNYC and other organizations.
CNN's Jeff Zeleny said as much Monday, calling Trump a "sore winner" with "zero evidence" to back up his assertion.
The president-elect did not take kindly to Zeleny's report, retweeting angry messages from his own supporters.
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One of those Twitter users was @Filibuster, a self-identified 16-year-old, who, according to an interview with Gizmodo, would totally accept the position of secretary of state.
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Zeleny responded by asking Trump to please share any evidence of voter fraud.
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In case you forgot, Trump will soon be able to unleash these tweetstorms from the official POTUS Twitter account.
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Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.
