Donald Trump falsely insisted again Thursday that widespread voter fraud in New Hampshire cost him and former Sen. Kelly Ayotte the state in the November election.

Trump made the comments in a private meeting with Ayotte and a group of senators that was meant to be a bipartisan discussion to build support for Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court.

Trump told Ayotte that she would have won re-election had she not been critical of him during the course of the campaign. He then alluded to thousands of people who supposedly went into New Hampshire illegally to vote against both him and Ayotte, saying they both would have won “if there hadn’t been voter fraud” in the state. The source called the exchange “uncomfortable.”

There is no evidence at all to support the claim, as confirmed by state authorities across the nation.

Brian Buonamano, an assistant attorney general in New Hampshire, said in an email, “We have no evidence or indication that there existed a scheme to bus in thousands of people to illegally vote in NH.”

Though they lack validity, Trump’s claims are still harmful. They stoke distrust in the nation’s political system and provide lawmakers with a basis ― however specious ― for taking steps to make it harder for people to vote.

ref: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-voter-fraud-senators-meeting-234909