President-elect Donald Trump recently tweeted that the election results were a fraud. Even though he won, he stated that the only reason he lost the popular vote was because of voter fraud. However, there is no evidence for such a claim. Mike Pence was asked about the issue early this week in an interview with George Stephanopoulos, “Look,” Mr. Pence said, “I don’t know that that’s a false statement, George, and neither do you.” Paul Ryan also defended Trump’s remarks. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, stated that it was possible that millions of fraudulent votes were cast in the 2016 election.

But where is the proof? There is not one shred of evidence to back this claim, and many Republicans are treating it as a legitimate claim. Talk of a fraudulent election leads to more voter restrictions, which have been proven to disenfranchise minorities. Many of the past voter restriction laws were aimed at making voting harder for citizens who happened to be members of groups that tended to support Democrats. Whether there is widespread voter fraud or not, people believe there is. This sentiment has no legitimate backing whatsoever.

I think it’s insane that Donald Trump makes these broad, untrue statements, and people still support him. It’s apparent that none of the “fraudulent election” talk is reasonable; however this false narrative is told across the country. I’m not sure what Trump wanted to gain from saying this. Is he just upset that he lost the popular vote? Or does he want to increase support for voter restriction laws?

Either way, his claim has no proof to back it up, and members of his party are still going along with it. In the 2016 election, Donald Trump repeatedly told lies on live television, using false statements at the debates. It seems as if this “lying to gain support” tactic will continue into his presidency. Nevertheless, the main thing that concerns me is that fact that none of Trump’s cabinet members (or even many Republicans in general) have denounced this deceit. Even though Trump may be the president in 7 weeks, use your 1^st Amendment right to speak out against this false claim.

Overall, in my view, Donald Trump is completely unfit to be president. His recent appointments to his cabinet further emphasize this sentiment. Appointing Breitbart News (an alt-right news website) analyst Steve Bannon to his cabinet, Trump displays his bad intentioned and uniformed decision making. Breitbart has continually been displayed as a racist news site; often posting false narratives and using derogatory terms.

Trump also appointed a climate change skeptic as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, which may not protect the environment anymore.

Overall Trump’s presidential inadequacy is continuing to be revealed. From his tweets to his appointments, Trump may be the most dangerous president ever elected.