Eric Trump claims Wisconsin recount killed at least 5,000 children and gets pounded on Twitter

[DonViejo]

DAVID EDWARDS
05 DEC 2016 AT 09:58 ET

Eric Trump, the son of President-elect Donald Trump, asserted over the weekend that “at least 5,000 children” had died due to an effort to verify the election outcome in Wisconsin.

In a tweet on Sunday, Eric Trump said that the “sad truth” was that “the cost Of Stein/Clinton’s #Wisconsin vote recount could have saved at least 5,000 children’s lives.”

Eric Trump ✔
@EricTrump

The Sad Truth: The Cost Of Stein/Clinton's #Wisconsin Vote Recount Could Have Saved At Least 5,000 Children's Lives https://www.google.com/amp/www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2016/12/02/the-cost-of-steinclintons-wisconsin-vote-recount-could-have-saved-at-least-5000-childrens-lives/ …

4:01 PM - 4 Dec 2016 · New Rochelle, NY
5,845 Retweets 9,696 likes

The tweet included a link to a Forbes column by conservative writer Chris Conover, who argues that Green Party candidate Jill Stein should have redirected the $3.5 million spent on the recount to malaria prevention for children.

Many commenters on Twitter fired back at Trump, noting that thousands of children could also be saved with the millions of dollars the U.S. government is paying for Donald Trump’s security in New York.

WendyBrandes ✔
@WendyBrandes

@EricTrump @Forbes how many lives would your father's security costs in NY save? How about his big tax writeoffs? You should be ashamed.

7:32 PM - 4 Dec 2016
129 Retweets 677 likes

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Nick Bilton ✔
@nickbilton

@EricTrump So could the 24-karat gold-plated seatbelt buckles on your dad's plane. But, Democracy.

4:56 PM - 4 Dec 2016
141 Retweets 1,018 likes

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Julie Laumann
@Zegota42

@EricTrump Your dad's $25 million fraud settlement for Trump U could have saved 36,000 children.His sham charity saves none,unlike Clinton's

8:27 PM - 4 Dec 2016
6 Retweets 21 likes

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