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moose65

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3. I'm saying that Michigan and Pennsylvania were icing on the cake

Reply to unblock (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 03:04 PM

Dec 2020

He didn't need those two to win.

I see your point, though. If a team wins a basketball game by 40 points, they will say they won by 40, even though they only needed one point more than their opponent to win. Trump "won" by whatever number above 270 he had, which included the other two states.

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Trump called it "a massive landslide victory," even though it was as close as you say, and he Doodley Dec 2020 #1

But Wisconsin would have mattered only if he lost elsewhere, such as Michigan and Pennsylvania unblock Dec 2020 #2

I'm saying that Michigan and Pennsylvania were icing on the cake moose65 Dec 2020 #3

ok, but then, any two of the 3 states could be considered "icing on the cake" unblock Dec 2020 #4