President Obama wants you to know you're more likely to win the Powerball than witness voter fraud

President Obama.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning bipartisan fact-checking group PolitiFact recently blasted Donald Trump's threats of widespread voter fraud as being "pants-on-fire" untrue, and President Obama tried to emphasize as much in Florida with a striking comparison. "You are much likelier to get struck by lightning than to have someone next to you commit voter fraud. You'd win the Powerball," Obama told the rally.

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