--- title: Why Donald Trump's Election Tweets Are Troubling description: Donald Trump is spreading false information about the election through tweets, which will be troubling if it continues from the White House. canonical: https://time.com/4583324/why-donald-trumps-election-tweets-are-troubling/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-28T20:12:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:00:07.105Z article:section: Politics og:title: Why Donald Trump's Election Tweets Are Troubling og:description: Donald Trump is spreading false information about the election through tweets, which will be troubling if it continues from the White House. og:url: https://time.com/4583324/why-donald-trumps-election-tweets-are-troubling/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Morning Must Reads og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Donald Trump's Election Tweets Are Troubling twitter:description: Donald Trump is spreading false information about the election through tweets, which will be troubling if it continues from the White House. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why Donald Trump's Election Tweets Are Troubling > Sponsored content. 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Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Nov 28, 2016 8:12 PM UTC **_If you only read one thing:_** _Donald Trump is spreading false information about the election, responding to a liberal push for a recount in Wisconsin by alleging voter fraud in three states where he lost. The baseless allegations of millions of illegal votes is far from the first time that the President-elect has entertained conspiracy, but it’s his first foray into the same since winning on Election Day. Trump’s refusal to change was mystifying on the campaign trail and will be troubling in the White House._ Meanwhile, divisions within the Trump transition are coming to light as the fight over the Cabinet intensifies. Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway worked to torpedo the nomination of Trump critic Mitt Romney, warning of a grassroots backlash, while dueling leaks surround other jobs. A recount in Wisconsin and potential recounts in Michigan and Pennsylvania aren’t going to change the result, but they are frothing the frustrations of liberals still coming to grips with the election outcome. Obama expands the War on Terror. And new profiles of Bannon and Kushner. _Here are your must reads:_ **Must Reads** [Donald Trump Falsely Says Millions of People Voted Illegally in the Election He Won ](http://time.com/4582868/donald-trump-people-illegally-voted-election/)No evidence to support claim \[TIME\] [Donald Trump’s Bogus Claim That Millions of People Voted Illegally for Hillary Clinton ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/27/trumps-bogus-claim-that-millions-of-people-voted-illegally-for-hillary-clinton/)No basis in fact \[Washington Post\] [Obama Expands War With Al Qaeda to Include Shabab in Somalia ](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/us/politics/obama-expands-war-with-al-qaeda-to-include-shabab-in-somalia.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news)Expanding war on terror he hoped to end \[New York Times\] [Kellyanne Conway Publicly Slams Mitt Romney as Potential Secretary of State Pick ](http://time.com/4582811/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-mitt-romney/)Trump campaign manager campaigns against Cabinet candidate \[Associated Press\] [For Trump Son-in-Law and Confidant Jared Kushner, a Long History of Fierce Loyalty ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-fathers-scandal-the-genesis-of-jared-kushners-unflinching-loyalty/2016/11/27/1e9497ba-b378-11e6-840f-e3ebab6bcdd3%5Fstory.html?hpid=hp%5Frhp-top-table-main%5Fkushner-730pm:homepage/story)Praise for Bridgegate \[Washington Post\] [Trump’s Data Team Saw a Different America—and They Were Right ](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-10/trump-s-data-team-saw-a-different-america-and-they-were-right?cmpid=socialflow-facebook-politics&utm%5Fcontent=politics&utm%5Fcampaign=socialflow-organic&utm%5Fsource=facebook&utm%5Fmedium=social)The president-elect’s analysts picked up disturbances others weren’t seeing \[Bloomberg\] **Sound Off** “So we’re all for party unity. I don’t think a cost of admission for party unity has to be the secretary of state position. — Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway on the prospect of Mitt Romney serving as Trump’s Secretary of State “Serious voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire and California – so why isn’t the media reporting on this? Serious bias – big problem!” — President-elect Trump, making a baseless accusation in a Sunday tweet **Bits and Bites** [Goodbye to Barack Obama’s world](https://www.ft.com/content/18faf0a6-b251-11e6-a37c-f4a01f1b0fa1) \[Financial Times\] [Federal Judge Blocks President Obama’s Overtime Pay Expansion](http://time.com/4581610/federal-judge-blocks-president-obama-overtime/) \[TIME\] [All Eyes on Trump as Two-Year U.S.-Cuba Thaw May Be in Limbo](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-11-26/trump-obama-have-very-different-responses-to-castro-s-death?cmpid=socialflow-facebook-politics&utm%5Fcontent=politics&utm%5Fcampaign=socialflow-organic&utm%5Fsource=facebook&utm%5Fmedium=social) \[Bloomberg\] [Teachers Rework Lesson Plans After Donald Trump’s Election](http://www.wsj.com/articles/teachers-rework-lesson-plans-after-donald-trumps-election-1480248009) \[Wall Street Journal\] [Donald Trump Picks Charter School Advocate Betsy DeVos for Education Secretary](http://time.com/4581717/donald-trump-betsy-devos-education-secretary/) \[Associated Press\] [Harvard classmates barely recognize the Bannon of today](https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/11/26/look-steven-bannon-and-his-years-harvard-business-school/B2m0j85jh5jRKzKbMastzK/story.html) \[Boston Globe\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4583324/why-donald-trumps-election-tweets-are-troubling/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4583324/why-donald-trumps-election-tweets-are-troubling/"},"headline":"Why Donald Trump's Election Tweets Are Troubling","datePublished":"2016-11-28T20:12:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:00:07.105Z","description":"Morning Must Reads: November 28","url":"https://time.com/4583324/why-donald-trumps-election-tweets-are-troubling/","keywords":["Morning Must Reads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Morning Must Reads","caption":"Capitol","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4583324/why-donald-trumps-election-tweets-are-troubling/","name":"Why Donald Trump's Election Tweets Are Troubling"}}]}] ```