Trump wrongfully says immigrants voting illegally won North Carolina for Obama in 2008
Trump wrongfully says immigrants voting illegally won North Carolina for Obama in 2008
By Will Doran
In his ongoing mission to claim that the presidential election is being rigged against him, Donald Trump said there have been real-world instances of stolen elections.
We have already ruled Trump’s claims of "large scale voter fraud" nationwide this year to be Pants On Fire, but on Monday night Trump made a much more specific claim during a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
"It’s possible that non-citizen voters were responsible for Obama’s 2008 victory in North Carolina," Trump said.
North Carolina’s 15 electoral votes hardly would have made 2008 Republican nominee John McCain the president – Obama won 365 votes in the Electoral College to McCain’s 173.
But this claim of an illegitimate victory is still a pretty shocking accusation coming from the current Republican nominee.
We wondered if it could be true. Could illegally cast ballots have handed North Carolina to Obama in 2008?
North Carolina figures to be a toss-up again this year, after it narrowly went for Mitt Romney in 2012. A RealClearPolitics average of polling from the first half of October showed Hillary Clinton with a 3-point lead over Trump in the Tar Heel State.
READ MORE: http://www.politifact.com/north-carolina/s...
By Will Doran
In his ongoing mission to claim that the presidential election is being rigged against him, Donald Trump said there have been real-world instances of stolen elections.
We have already ruled Trump’s claims of "large scale voter fraud" nationwide this year to be Pants On Fire, but on Monday night Trump made a much more specific claim during a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
"It’s possible that non-citizen voters were responsible for Obama’s 2008 victory in North Carolina," Trump said.
North Carolina’s 15 electoral votes hardly would have made 2008 Republican nominee John McCain the president – Obama won 365 votes in the Electoral College to McCain’s 173.
But this claim of an illegitimate victory is still a pretty shocking accusation coming from the current Republican nominee.
We wondered if it could be true. Could illegally cast ballots have handed North Carolina to Obama in 2008?
North Carolina figures to be a toss-up again this year, after it narrowly went for Mitt Romney in 2012. A RealClearPolitics average of polling from the first half of October showed Hillary Clinton with a 3-point lead over Trump in the Tar Heel State.
READ MORE: http://www.politifact.com/north-carolina/s...
This is a bold face LIE Trump told The American People.