Trump Warns About Voter Fraud: 'Cheat At Your Own Peril'
- 6 years ago
President Trump on Saturday tweeted about voter fraud.
President Trump on Saturday took to Twitter and warned against voter fraud, weeks ahead of midterm elections.
"All levels of government and Law Enforcement are watching carefully for VOTER FRAUD, including during EARLY VOTING. Cheat at your own peril. Violators will be subject to maximum penalties, both civil and criminal!" Trump tweeted.
In the past, Trump has raised the issue of voter fraud in reference to the 2016 presidential election.
According to The Hill, in a November 2016 tweet, the president wrote: "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."
Back in April of this year, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters at a briefing: "The president still strongly feels that there was a large amount of voter fraud and attempted to do a thorough review of it, but a lot of the states didn't want to cooperate and participate." Many studies have been done in regard to the matter and have "found no evidence for the claim that widespread voter fraud takes place in the United States," notes CNN.
President Trump on Saturday took to Twitter and warned against voter fraud, weeks ahead of midterm elections.
"All levels of government and Law Enforcement are watching carefully for VOTER FRAUD, including during EARLY VOTING. Cheat at your own peril. Violators will be subject to maximum penalties, both civil and criminal!" Trump tweeted.
In the past, Trump has raised the issue of voter fraud in reference to the 2016 presidential election.
According to The Hill, in a November 2016 tweet, the president wrote: "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."
Back in April of this year, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters at a briefing: "The president still strongly feels that there was a large amount of voter fraud and attempted to do a thorough review of it, but a lot of the states didn't want to cooperate and participate." Many studies have been done in regard to the matter and have "found no evidence for the claim that widespread voter fraud takes place in the United States," notes CNN.