Politics

Donald Trump’s N.H. voter fraud claims, explained

President Donald Trump on Monday. Getty Images

By The Boston Globe

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They said it again on Sunday: The White House accused thousands of Massachusetts residents of busing into New Hampshire to illegally vote on Election Day. Trump said it Thursday to a group of US senators in a private meeting, and White House Senior Policy Adviser Stephen Miller reiterated that accusation during media interviews over the weekend.

This fraud, Trump and his staff have argued, is why he lost New Hampshire by around 3,000 votes, and US Senator Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, lost her reelection by an even slimmer margin.

To be clear, Trump and his allies have provided zero proof of this claim.

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When George Stephanopoulos pressed Miller about this on ABC’s This Week, Trump’s aide spoke in broad terms:

“Having worked before on a campaign in New Hampshire, I can tell you that this issue of busing voters into New Hampshire is widely known by anyone who’s worked in New Hampshire politics. It’s very real, it’s very serious,” Miller said. “Anybody who’s worked in New Hampshire politics is familiar with that issue.”

Let’s take a closer look at how these rumors have persisted for so long.

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