Summary

Donald Trump and his team are attacking media outlets like Politico and The New York Times for reporting that his 2024 election victory over Kamala Harris was narrow, not a “landslide.”

Trump won by 1.6 points and failed to secure a majority of the popular vote, a smaller margin than Hillary Clinton’s over him in 2016.

Despite these facts, Trump and his allies continue to tout his win as “historic” and “dominant,” aiming to bolster his political mandate amid criticisms that his victory was less decisive than claimed.

  • @jordanlundM
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    111 hours ago

    That isn’t the claim though. The claim is enough “bullet ballots” (Trump only ballots) had been inserted to flip the election.

    Elections don’t work that way. I was telling people the same thing in 2016 and 2020.

    When people cast a vote, it’s tied to a registration. If you insert a bunch of votes, you end up with more ballots than voters.

    • @[email protected]
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      10 hours ago

      counting machines could be compromised and doing an office space thing in targeted areas, flipping one democrat vote for every 10 counted. no one would question it. only a hand count would verify, and those aren’t usually done anymore.

      • @[email protected]
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        510 hours ago

        THIS.

        They had direct access to our voting machines during their bullshit “inquiries”.

        The voting machines that ARE KNOWN to have direct access vulnerabilities.

      • @jordanlundM
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        29 hours ago

        Oh, absolutely agreed, but again, that’s not the accusation when it comes to bullet ballots.