Trump cites story he heard from German golfer as voter fraud evidence, report says
President Donald Trump reportedly cited a story from Bernhard Langer as evidence of voter fraud.
President Donald Trump reportedly cited a story from Bernhard Langer as evidence of voter fraud.
BY
Christopher Brennan follow
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, January 25, 2017, 8:35 PM
A little birdie told him.
President Trump’s assertion that the 2016 election was plagued by massive voter fraud stems in part from a German professional golfer, according to a report.
The commander-in-chief has claimed that millions voted illegally in November, and posted on Twitter that he is asking for a “major investigation” into it.
Though many in his own party have said there is no evidence for such fraud, his claims reportedly are based on a conversation with “very famous golfer Bernhard Langer,” the New York Times reported Wednesday.
The newspaper reported that during a meeting with congressional leaders on Monday, Trump said that Langer told him of how he was not allowed to vote at a Florida polling station.
Trump reportedly relayed that other voters who appeared to be of Latin American descent were allowed to cast provisional ballots.
The President’s supposed go-to evidence for massive electoral unfairness may be more full of holes than hole-in-one, however.
Langer, a two-time Masters champion, is a permanent Florida resident who remains a citizen of Germany and cannot legally vote in the U.S., his daughter told the Times.
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