Jun 22, 2017

Trump accuses Democrats of making up DNC hacks "HOAX"

While reporters — and some senators from both sides of the aisle — waited on the Senate GOP to release its health care bill this morning, President Trump fired off a series of tweets accusing Democrats of a "HOAX" and a "big Dem scam" to excuse their 2016 loss.

Think back: During his press briefing on Tuesday, Sean Spicer told the White House press corps that he "had not sat down and talked to [Trump]" about whether or not Trump believed that Russian interference in the 2016 election had actually occurred. Count this as a use of POTUS' "powerful Social Media" to provide his thoughts directly to the American people.

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