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SouthBayDem

(32,411 posts)
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 04:38 PM Wednesday

Trump acknowledges losing the 2020 election 'by a whisker'

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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Trump acknowledges losing the 2020 election 'by a whisker' (Original Post) SouthBayDem Wednesday OP
If almost 8 million is a whisker, then he should lose 2024 by a 3 foot beard. sinkingfeeling Wednesday #1
Oh how I wish popular vote was the deciding vote! CaptainTruth Wednesday #12
President Biden's 306 to 232...impressive! PortTack Thursday #23
It should be. You can thank the Southern slave owners for our fucked up LastLiberal in PalmSprings Thursday #27
LOL!! ailsagirl Wednesday #18
So Stop the Steal pwb Wednesday #2
That's right, Donald, you just keep on admitting it! 🤣 ShazzieB Wednesday #3
His own ego will condemn him. tonekat Wednesday #14
Turdblossum knows he's going to lose and is afraid Ponietz Wednesday #4
So he isn't anti-science after all! Shermann Wednesday #5
The MAGA nutcases are realizing that "stop the steal" was a scam LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #6
This douchebag is just pissed because Dipshit admitted the lie publicly JoseBalow Wednesday #7
Strangely enough, he's got a point jmowreader Wednesday #8
I wonder how the MAGAT serving time will feel about TFG admitting that he lost the election LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #13
If Trump wins, he better think before he starts commuting those guys' sentences. LudwigPastorius Wednesday #17
"Callous indifference"? iemanja Wednesday #9
Some of these knuckle-draggers got second mortgages to fund the fat fraudster wolfie001 Wednesday #10
A "whisker"??? AZ8theist Wednesday #11
A whisker? COL Mustard Wednesday #15
He just can't help himself. He's got dementia. Martin68 Wednesday #16
Deranged, as usual ailsagirl Wednesday #19
People died because of that lie RussBLib Wednesday #20
Don't get me started on that. Algernon Moncrieff Thursday #24
Trump 2024 whisker loss assessment: ZZ Top Flop! Zambero Thursday #21
Whiskers don't vote! Aussie105 Thursday #22
Wonder if Mike Lindell heard about this. Somebody should tell him. live love laugh Thursday #25
Nobody has been able to get in touch with Mike SomedayKindaLove Thursday #26
Worth kicking. qwlauren35 Thursday #28

CaptainTruth

(7,076 posts)
12. Oh how I wish popular vote was the deciding vote!
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:12 PM
Wednesday

If I recall correctly, it was 44,000 votes. Let me check... ah yes:

As NPR's Domenico Montanaro has put it, "just 44,000 votes in Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin separated Biden and Trump from a tie in the Electoral College."

Way too close for comfort, & an illustration of how flawed the electoral college has become.

27. It should be. You can thank the Southern slave owners for our fucked up
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 08:06 AM
Thursday

election system. Because of the way the electoral college is set up my vote here in California is worth less than a voter's in Wyoming.

Just like with the filibuster, the electoral college almost always insures that the country's minority rules.

ShazzieB

(17,880 posts)
3. That's right, Donald, you just keep on admitting it! 🤣
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 04:46 PM
Wednesday

Last edited Wed Sep 4, 2024, 09:03 PM - Edit history (1)

He's digging himself deeper and deeper into a hole every time he talks about the 2020 election.

I'm sure Jack Smith is saving every scrap of the incriminating footage TSF keeps generating, and I'm equally sure that he's always happy to add more to the pile he's already amassed!

tonekat

(1,898 posts)
14. His own ego will condemn him.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:47 PM
Wednesday

He just can't stop. That rotten bag of a brain he has can't think very far ahead. He has to boast.

Shermann

(8,158 posts)
5. So he isn't anti-science after all!
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 05:12 PM
Wednesday

He held a position and then moved to a different position which new evidence was clustered around.

It took him a while to process that evidence, I will say.

JoseBalow

(4,325 posts)
7. This douchebag is just pissed because Dipshit admitted the lie publicly
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 06:21 PM
Wednesday

They all deserve each other, and any misery that comes their way.

jmowreader

(51,096 posts)
8. Strangely enough, he's got a point
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 06:58 PM
Wednesday

Donald Trump destroyed the lives of thousands of his biggest fans, and no small number of people who don't necessarily even like him, with that lie. If Trump had any honor whatsoever he'd make amends - starting with getting the hell out of the race. But Trump has no honor at all, so you know he won't do that.

LetMyPeopleVote

(151,573 posts)
13. I wonder how the MAGAT serving time will feel about TFG admitting that he lost the election
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:17 PM
Wednesday

Some of these idiots are serving some serious time due to believing TFG's lies about a stollen election



LudwigPastorius

(10,234 posts)
17. If Trump wins, he better think before he starts commuting those guys' sentences.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 10:59 PM
Wednesday

They're probably so pissed at him, they'd be lining up to Butler, Pennsylvania him.

iemanja

(53,894 posts)
9. "Callous indifference"?
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 07:23 PM
Wednesday

You support a narcissist, and you're surprised he shows callous indifference? Fuck you, Aryan nation boy.

wolfie001

(3,016 posts)
10. Some of these knuckle-draggers got second mortgages to fund the fat fraudster
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 07:45 PM
Wednesday

Tot and chairs I hope they're miserable the rest of their lives

RussBLib

(9,454 posts)
20. People died because of that lie
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 11:53 PM
Wednesday

...hundreds jailed because of that big lie. He fucking knew he lost, he just didn't like it, it was bad for his "brand" and he wanted to keep the gravy train running.

Despicable. Asshole. Criminal.

I hope all the Stop the Steal fuckers finally realize that they were the ones trying to steal it, and they got played.

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,852 posts)
24. Don't get me started on that.
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 02:05 AM
Thursday

If it had been up to me, every J6 participant would have been charged as an accessory to the murder of Brian Sicknick.

Aussie105

(5,949 posts)
22. Whiskers don't vote!
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 01:12 AM
Thursday

But with that admission he lost, Trump has effectively torn the mat out from under the feet of those who used 'stop the steal!' as the source for their perpetual rage.

How does that grab you, Nick?

If you still feel that rage, perhaps redirect it to your not-very-reliable leader, guys!

By the way, a lot of you got jailed because you swallowed the Trump propaganda and decided it was ok to break the law.
You didn't get jailed because you followed Trump, in other words.

So forget the 'political prisoner' bit.

SomedayKindaLove

(816 posts)
26. Nobody has been able to get in touch with Mike
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 06:48 AM
Thursday

Since the Feds confiscated his phone during his infamous Hardee’s run.

Best thing that has ever happened in a Hardee’s drive-thru.

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