Trump’s CNN Twitter tirade: ‘They don't know what to do’
President-elect Donald Trump went on another Twitter tirade, this time attacking CNN and its journalists who claimed his accusations of voter fraud were false.
.@CNN is so embarrassed by their total (100%) support of Hillary Clinton, and yet her loss in a landslide, that they don't know what to do.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016
I thought that @CNN would get better after they failed so badly in their support of Hillary Clinton however, since election, they are worse!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016
“@CNN is so embarrassed by their total (100%) support of Hillary Clinton, and yet her loss in a landslide, that they don't know what to do,” Trump tweeted, along with tweets from a number of others panning his critics.
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Instead of providing his critics with facts to expose any inaccuracies in their statement, he fired tweets at the network from a number of unverified accounts.
“what PROOF do u have DonaldTrump did not suffer from millions of FRAUD votes? Journalist? Do your job!” Trump tweeted at CNN’s Washington Correspondent Jeff Zeleny, quoting the account @HighonHillcrest, a faceless pro-Trump account.
"@HighonHillcrest: @jeffzeleny what PROOF do u have DonaldTrump did not suffer from millions of FRAUD votes? Journalist? Do your job! @CNN"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016
Other questionable sources Trump used on his attack on Zeleny included @JoeBowman12, again an unidentifiable user with few followers. He also quoted a tweet from @Filibuster, who is described in his bio as being 16 years old.
"@JoeBowman12: @jeffzeleny just another generic CNN part time wannabe journalist !" @CNN still doesn't get it. They will never learn!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016
"@FiIibuster: @jeffzeleny Pathetic - you have no sufficient evidence that Donald Trump did not suffer from voter fraud, shame! Bad reporter.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016
"@sdcritic: @HighonHillcrest@jeffzeleny@CNN There is NO QUESTION THAT #voterfraud did take place, and in favor of #CorruptHillary !"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016
The tweets came after Zeleny said on air that Trump was being a “sore winner” and had “zero-evidence” supporting his claim that he was the victim of voter fraud. Zeleny described the claims as “blatant and baseless.”
Zeleny responded to Trump on Twitter seeking “examples of voter fraud. Please send our way. Full-time journalist here still working.”
@realDonaldTrump Good evening! Have been looking for examples of voter fraud. Please send our way. Full-time journalist here still working.
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) November 29, 2016