Coons: Trump’s Claim of Illegal Votes Is ‘Not an Alternative Facts, It’s a Baseless Lie’

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COONS: "Wolf, this is very troubling. Once again, we see the president focused on size, on the size of the crowds that turned out at his inauguration versus President Obama’s inauguration. The size of the popular vote and whether or not Hillary Clinton won the popular vote or he did. And he and his representatives Sean Spicer and Kelyanne Conway have presented this suggestion that millions of people voted illegally as an alternative fact. It’s not an alternative fact. It’s a baseless lie and it has consequence, wolf. Because we’ve got more than a dozen states that have enacted laws to require voter id, to restrict access to the opportunity to vote based on identification, using widespread falsehoods about the idea that there are millions of people voting illegally. So, it’s had a real consequence. This is part of a several year long orchestrated campaign to challenge the legitimacy of our electorate and our democratic process. And I’m very distraught to see the president of the united States, President Trump, repeating these falsehoods."