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Trump team's claim of 190,000 illegal California voters collapses

Original: Trump's minions originally claimed they'd found over 190,000 illegal immigrant voters in California. Then they went down

Allies of Donald Trump initially claimed they had identified more than 190,000 non-citizens on California's voter rolls. That figure was later cut to about 20,000, and scrutiny suggests only 28 legal immigrants may have accidentally registered, with no evidence any of them actually voted. Critics say the episode undercuts claims of widespread voter fraud and highlights how inflated allegations spread before being verified.

Why now: The dramatic collapse of the claim from 190,000 to 28 fuels debate over unfounded voter-fraud allegations.

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• Trump's minions originally claimed they'd found over 190,000 illegal immigrant voters in California. Then they went down to 20,000. But really he and his minions only found 28 *legal* immigrants who may (or may not) have accidentally registered to vote, but never actually… · ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 37

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