Gingrich slams Trump for false voting fraud claims

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday to watch what he tweets.

“I think the worst thing he did was the tweet the other night about the illegal votes,” Gingrich said, according to an interview with USA Today’s “Capital Download” video series published Tuesday.


Trump tweeted Sunday — without evidence — that he actually has more popular votes than Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.”

Hours later, he also alleged “serious voter fraud” occurred in Virginia, New Hampshire and California.

Even Trump’s transition team struggled to defend Trump’s baseless accusations, which drew a rebuke from the White House and was rebutted by top elections officials in Virginia, New Hampshire and California.

“Presidents of the United States can’t randomly tweet without having somebody check it out,” Gingrich said Tuesday. “It makes you wonder about whatever else he’s doing. It undermines much more than just a single tweet. I’d say that’s probably the biggest single thing he’s done wrong.”