Trump Blames Popular Vote Loss on 'Millions who Voted Illegally'

President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter for the second time Sunday to blast the recount efforts, saying he "won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally."

Earlier Sunday Trump derided Hillary Clinton for joining the recount efforts, funded and launched by Green Party candidate Jill Stein.

This time, Trump reiterated he would have won the popular vote if he needed to. 

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

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016

It would have been much easier for me to win the so-called popular vote than the Electoral College in that I would only campaign in 3 or 4--

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016

states instead of the 15 states that I visited. I would have won even more easily and convincingly (but smaller states are forgotten)!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2016

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