Trump Tweets That There Are Broken Voting Machines Across The Country

Republican presidential candidate DonaldTrump speaks during a campaign rally at Bayfront Park Amphitheater, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday afternoon that he was hearing about some broken voting machines all over the country. That turned out to be false.

CNN swiftly debunked Trump’s assertion, clarifying that Utah officials were citing a problem in the county, not across the country.

“CNN is not reporting that. The problem is problems across the county, a county, not the country, as Mr. Trump tweeted. The difference of an “R,” but kind of an important one,” CNN anchor Jake Tapper said on air.

The fact that Trump was already casting doubt on election results before the polls closed, however, could bode negatively as the night goes on. It feeds into the Republican nominee’s screeds across the country over the last month is “rigged” and raises again the specter that he will defy political norms and not accept the results of the election.

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  1. There were. This morning. In Washington County, UT. Robbing votes from … Evan McMullin.

  2. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    Donald @ Trump Headquarters:
    Riggeeedddd!!
    RRRIIGIGGGGEEEEDDD!!!
    RRRRIIIIIIGGGGGGGEEEEEDDDDDD!!!1!!1!1!one!!!

    —BAM—

    Melania gazes down at her white dress and thinks, “It is hard to get brain matter out of this?”

    And that’s the last anyone ever heard from Donald Trump.

  3. What an ultra maroon.

    Of course there are broken voting machines all over the county (AND country), probably at least one in every polling place that has electronic voting machines. And they are not used.

    idiot.

  4. i guess they gave him his twitter account back

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