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Trump Claims New Hampshire Was Stolen

February 10, 2017 at 3:53 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “As soon as the door closed and the reporters allowed to observe for a few minutes had been ushered out, Trump began to talk about the election, participants said, triggered by the presence of former New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who lost her reelection bid in November and is now working for Trump as a Capitol Hill liaison, or ‘Sherpa,’ on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch.”

“The president claimed that he and Ayotte both would have been victorious in the Granite State if not for the ‘thousands’ people who were ‘brought in on buses’ from neighboring Massachusetts to ‘illegally’ vote in New Hampshire.”

“According to one participant who described the meeting, ‘an uncomfortable silence’ momentarily overtook the room.”

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