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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMike Pence defends Trump lie that millions voted illegally
Watch Mike Pence try to defend Trumps false claim that millions voted illegallyThis Week @ThisWeekABC
Mike Pence defends Trump's unsubstantiated claim of "millions" of illegal votes: "His right to express his opinion"
http://abcn.ws/2h2nSA0 8:26 AM - 4 Dec 2016
Trump made a claim, without citing any evidence, that "millions of people" had voted illegally and therefore he was actually also the winner of the popular vote.Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally
12:30 PM - 27 Nov 2016 54,119 Retweets 163,425 Likes
The false claim was roundly decried as a "conspiracy theory" peddled on sites like Infowars.com that had already been widely debunked by fact-checkers. Nevertheless, numerous fact-checking organizations once again outlined why Trump's claim was unsubstantiated.
On ABC's "This Week" Sunday, host George Stephanopoulos asked Vice president-elect Mike Pence point-blank about the tweet. "That claim is groundless," Stephanopoulos said. "There's no evidence to back it up. Is it responsible for a president-elect to make false statements like that?"
What followed was an awkward exchange .............. VIDEO 2:54
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Here is the full interview. Advance to 17:30 for the exchange about Trump's lying about winning the popular vote.
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Mike Pence defends Trump lie that millions voted illegally (Original Post)
Coyotl
Dec 2016
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putitinD
(1,551 posts)1. Pence isn't even a good liar.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)2. There are no good liars.
And neither Trump nor Pence are good at lying. But they sure know how to use lies.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)3. They devalue truth to your face.
It is deplorable.