U.S: Did Trump Mean That Everyone Who Didn’t Vote For Him Did Vote Illegally?

U.S: Did Trump Mean That Everyone Who Didn’t Vote For Him Did Vote Illegally?

President-elect Donald Trump won a convincing electoral vote victory on Nov. 8, but he is claiming falsely that widespread voter fraud cost him the popular vote.

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The latest totals show Hillary Clinton leading Trump in the popular vote by more than 2 million. Trump tweeted on Sunday afternoon, "I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally." He did not provide evidence to back up that claim and Trump's representatives did not immediately respond to a request for more information.

In one tweet, he named Virginia, New Hampshire and California as three states with "serious voter fraud."

“In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally – Says Donald Trump”

In none of the tweets did Trump point to any evidence of voter fraud to account for his claim and no other evidence of his assertion has emerged since the election. ABC News reached out for comment to election officials in the three states Trump named, but had not received a response Sunday evening.

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla denied Trump's claim about illegal voting in his state, calling them "unsubstantiated allegations" in a tweet Sunday night.

"It appears that Mr. Trump is troubled by the fact that a growing majority of Americans did not vote for him. His unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud in California and elsewhere are absurd. His reckless tweets are inappropriate and unbecoming of a President-elect," he tweeted.