JAKE TAPPER (HOST): President-elect Donald Trump announcing more cabinet posts today, while continuing to attack the media, particularly CNN, for pointing out that his claim that there were millions of fraudulent votes is baseless.



The president-elect on Sunday peddled the false claim that rampant voter fraud in California, New Hampshire and Virginia swayed the popular vote to Hillary Clinton. Clinton currently leads Trump in the popular vote by more than 2.1 million votes. That means Trump's total percentage of the vote is, as of now, 46.5 percent, that's lower than that of Mitt Romney in 2012.



Now yesterday, reporters did our jobs. We pointed out that the president-elect's assertion about massive voter fraud had no basis in reality, citing Democratic and Republican officials from those very states, who unanimously dismissed the claims. Not one credible official or news organization has suggested that the president-elect's conspiracy theory of millions of fraudulent votes has any merit, and yet president-elect Trump is now going after those who are simply trying to convey these facts to you.



Last night, he hit re -- he hit send, on a string of retweets attacking CNN and attacking our own senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny. Zeleny tweeted back, politely asking Mr. Trump to please forward any examples of voter fraud that took place on such a massive scale, since, of course, no evidence actually exists to verify those claims.



Speaking of interactions with the fourth estate, it has been 125 days since Mr. Trump took questions from reporters in a formal press conference.

 

Previously:



The Guide To Donald Trump's War On The Press (So Far)



MSNBC's Hayes Traces “Trajectory” Of Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theory “From Some Random Guy's Twitter Feed” To Trump



Trump Lies That Millions Voted Illegally, And Mainstream Outlets Uncritically Echo Him