Donald Trump accused the media of ignoring 'severe' electoral fraud and claimed tens of millions of unlawful ballots value him the favored vote on Sunday evening – as he returned to Trump Tower amid rising acrimony over Hillary Clinton's lawyer's backing of a recount in Wisconsin.
The President-elect tweeted that there had been 'severe voter fraud' in Virginia, California and New Hampshire hours after claiming he would have gained the favored vote had 'tens of millions' of individuals not voted 'illegally'.
'Critical voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire and California - so why is not the media reporting on this? Critical bias - massive downside!' he mentioned.
Earlier, he urged he would have gained the favored vote in addition to the electoral faculty regardless of being overwhelmed by his opponent within the former by 2.2million ballots. There isn't any proof of widespread voter fraud.
'Along with profitable the Electoral Faculty by a landslide, I gained the favored vote should you deduct the tens of millions of people that voted illegally,' he mentioned.
It was the newest in a string of outbursts since Clinton's camp joined Inexperienced Get together candidate Jill Stein in her efforts for a recount in three main electoral faculty states; Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
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Donald Trump (above on Sunday leaving Palm Seashore, Florida) claimed tens of millions of individuals 'illegally voted' for Hillary Clinton and tweeted that he may have gained the favored vote. He proudly sported the quantity 45 on his hat on Sunday, a nod to his forthcoming inauguration as America's 45th president
On Sunday night, the president-elect doubled down on his claims of fraud and accused the media of ignoring 'severe' circumstances of it in Virginia, New Hampshire and California
He earlier dashed off a trio of tweets that urged Hillary Clinton gained the favored vote as a result of widespread voter fraud
Trump was noticed arriving again at Trump Tower on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue in a motorcade on Sunday evening
The president-elect used his last hours in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, on Sunday afternoon to ship out a flurry of tweets earlier than jetting again to New York along with his spouse Melania and son Barron after a quick Thanksgiving break.
He was noticed returning to his Fifth Avenue sanctuary in a motorcade some hours later.
This afternoon, after making his preliminary unlawful voting declare, Trump adopted up with two extra tweets, which urged it might have been simpler for him to win the favored vote in any case, as a result of he would have simply campaigned in a handful of highly-populated states.
'It could have been a lot simpler for me to win the so-called in style vote than the Electoral Faculty in that I'd solely marketing campaign in three or Four--,' he started. 'states as an alternative of the 15 states that I visited. I'd have gained much more simply and convincingly (however smaller states are forgotten)!' he concluded within the second tweet.
Trump's new concept about 'profitable' the favored vote rapidly acquired slammed on Twitter for its falsehoods about fraud.
'We may have a Conspiracy Theorist in command of our authorities, our navy and our nuclear arsenal. What may presumably go unsuitable?' wrote former White Home senior advisor to President Obama Dan Pfeiffer.
Josh Marshall of the left-leaning Speaking Factors Memo wrote, 'As deep as we have gone on this Orwellian political s***gap, very disturbing that an incoming President says this.'
The 70-year-old left Mar-a-Lago hours earlier sporting a US 45 hat
He boarded his private airplane with spouse Melania and 10-year-old son Barron after a four-day break in Florida the place he spent Thanksgiving
Barron Trump sported a pink polo-shirt and carried an identical rucksack for the journey again to New York on Sunday
The longer term first household arrived at Palm Seashore Airport on Sunday in a 13-car motorcade which additionally included 19 bikes
And on the fitting, the Nationwide Evaluation's David French mentioned, 'Trump's worst insurance policies may be checked, however these items? A gentle drumbeat of this nonsense will additional injury our political tradition,' the best-selling writer wrote, sharing the president-elect's tweet.
'That is an unbelievable lie,' French mentioned.
The flurry of tweets got here as he made his means again to New York from his Mar-a-Lago resort the place he loved a 'temporary break from motion' over the Thanksgiving vacation.
The president-elect was adopted on to his Boeing 757-200 by his spouse Melania and Barron on Sunday, each of whom sported Republican pink for his or her personal flight again to New York. Trump will now resume assembling his administration from Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Between dinners on the resort over the weekend, Trump spent a lot of the break tweeting about recount efforts in three Midwestern states as requires a do-over gathered steam.
Inexperienced Get together candidate Jill Stein raised funds for a recount, beginning in Wisconsin, and Clinton's crew mentioned they might additionally take part.
Beginning at 7:19 a.m. Sunday morning, Trump dashed off seven tweets concerning the recount efforts.
'Hillary Clinton conceded the election when she known as me simply previous to the victory speech and after the outcomes had been in. Nothing will change,' he wrote first.
He then quoted Clinton a number of occasions, together with one thing she mentioned about not accepting the outcomes of the election – after Trump himself had sowed the seeds that it was going to be 'rigged' – through the third and last presidential debate.
At round 7am EST Sunday, Trump Tweeted that 'nothing will change'. He then started a six-tweet-long screed by which he quoted Clinton's personal remarks earlier than and after the election
Trump implied that Clinton was a hypocrite - although the complaints in opposition to him had been about writing off the outcomes earlier than they had been known as, not calling for a recount after they got here in
'That's horrifying. That isn't the best way our democracy works. Been round for 240 years. We have had free and honest elections. We have accepted the outcomes after we might not have preferred them, and that's what have to be anticipated of anybody standing on a [debate stage] throughout a normal election. I, for one, am appalled that any individual that's the nominee of considered one of our two main events would take that sort of place,' Trump mentioned quoting Clinton and forgetting the phrases 'debate stage.'
Clinton had made these statements to moderator Chris Wallace on the Las Vegas debate after Trump mentioned 'I am going to hold you in suspense' about whether or not he would concede the election to Clinton if she had been to win.
She did not.
Trump additionally quoted Clinton saying, 'We have now to simply accept the outcomes and look to the longer term, Donald Trump goes to be our President. We owe him an open thoughts and the possibility to steer.'
Ending that flurry of tweets along with his personal commentary he wrote, 'A lot money and time will likely be spent - identical outcome! Unhappy.'
He had beforehand labeled the recount effort as a means for Stein to 'fill her coffers with cash.'
'The individuals have spoken and the election is over, and as Hillary Clinton herself mentioned on election evening, along with her conceding by congratulating me, "We should settle for this outcome after which look to the longer term",' Trump mentioned within the assertion obtained by Bloomberg.
'This recount is only a means for Jill Stein, who obtained lower than one p.c of the vote total and wasn't even on the poll in lots of states, to fill her coffers with cash, most of which she's going to by no means even spend on this ridiculous recount.
'All three states had been gained by giant numbers of voters, particularly Pennsylvania, which was gained by greater than 70,00zero votes.
'It is a rip-off by the Inexperienced Get together for an election that has already been conceded, and the outcomes of this election must be revered as an alternative of being challenged and abused, which is precisely what Jill Stein is doing.'
With out even being requested about it, Trump's marketing campaign supervisor Kellyanne Conway went after the recount efforts whereas showing on 'Meet the Press' with Chuck Todd as we speak.
Conway was speaking about how the president-elect had spoken with President Barack Obama yesterday on a 45 minute name.
'However there's a respect there and there's a respect there for the method and the peaceable transition of energy, which is why this recount by Jill Stein and now the Hillary individuals is simply so confounding and disappointing,' Conway mentioned, making the pivot.
'Their president, Barack Obama goes to be in workplace for eight extra weeks,' she continued, pointing to the 2 left-of-center political events.
'And so they must determine whether or not they are going to intervene with him ending his enterprise, intervene with the peaceable switch of energy to President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Pence or if they will be a bunch of cry infants and sore losers about an election they cannot flip round,' Conway said.
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