Claim
“In many places, like California, the same person votes many times. ... They always like to say, ‘Oh, that’s a conspiracy theory.’ Not a conspiracy theory, folks. Millions and millions of people.”
Claimed by Donald Trump · 2018-04-05
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- The Washington PostFalse
2018-04-09
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