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SouthBayDem

(32,458 posts)
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 03:38 PM Sep 4

Trump acknowledges losing the 2020 election 'by a whisker' [View all]

Source: NBC

Former President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged that he did not win the 2020 presidential election, telling podcaster Lex Fridman that he "lost by a whisker."

Fridman asked the Republican nominee about his expectations for his debate next week against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, in a podcast episode released Tuesday.

Trump initially answered, "I've done a lot of debating ... I've done well with debates," before embarking on a tangent about the number of votes he received in 2020, saying: "I became president. Then the second time I got millions more votes than I got the first time."

"I was told if I got 63 million, which is what I got the first time, 'You would win. You can't not win.' And I got millions more votes than that and lost by a whisker," Trump added.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-acknowledges-lost-2020-election-whisker-rcna169526

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If almost 8 million is a whisker, then he should lose 2024 by a 3 foot beard. sinkingfeeling Sep 4 #1
Oh how I wish popular vote was the deciding vote! CaptainTruth Sep 4 #12
President Biden's 306 to 232...impressive! PortTack Sep 5 #23
It should be. You can thank the Southern slave owners for our fucked up LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 5 #27
LOL!! ailsagirl Sep 4 #18
So Stop the Steal pwb Sep 4 #2
That's right, Donald, you just keep on admitting it! 🤣 ShazzieB Sep 4 #3
His own ego will condemn him. tonekat Sep 4 #14
Turdblossum knows he's going to lose and is afraid Ponietz Sep 4 #4
So he isn't anti-science after all! Shermann Sep 4 #5
The MAGA nutcases are realizing that "stop the steal" was a scam LetMyPeopleVote Sep 4 #6
This douchebag is just pissed because Dipshit admitted the lie publicly JoseBalow Sep 4 #7
Strangely enough, he's got a point jmowreader Sep 4 #8
I wonder how the MAGAT serving time will feel about TFG admitting that he lost the election LetMyPeopleVote Sep 4 #13
If Trump wins, he better think before he starts commuting those guys' sentences. LudwigPastorius Sep 4 #17
"Callous indifference"? iemanja Sep 4 #9
Some of these knuckle-draggers got second mortgages to fund the fat fraudster wolfie001 Sep 4 #10
A "whisker"??? AZ8theist Sep 4 #11
A whisker? COL Mustard Sep 4 #15
He just can't help himself. He's got dementia. Martin68 Sep 4 #16
Deranged, as usual ailsagirl Sep 4 #19
People died because of that lie RussBLib Sep 4 #20
Don't get me started on that. Algernon Moncrieff Sep 5 #24
Trump 2024 whisker loss assessment: ZZ Top Flop! Zambero Sep 4 #21
Whiskers don't vote! Aussie105 Sep 5 #22
Wonder if Mike Lindell heard about this. Somebody should tell him. live love laugh Sep 5 #25
Nobody has been able to get in touch with Mike SomedayKindaLove Sep 5 #26
Worth kicking. qwlauren35 Sep 5 #28
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