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Search results for "Donald Trump won by a very narrow margin in 2024 and not by a landslide"

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Reince Priebus stated on November 14, 2016 in an interview:
Says Donald Trump's presidential victory was "an electoral landslide."    
By Tom Kertscher• November 21, 2016
Social Media stated on January 19, 2025 in social media posts:
Videos show that President Donald Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election during his preinauguration day rally.
By Loreben Tuquero• January 21, 2025
Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2016 in a tweet:
Says he won the second debate with Hillary Clinton "in a landslide" in "every poll."
By Tom Kertscher• October 12, 2016
Donald Trump stated on December 11, 2016 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"We had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the Electoral College."
By Louis Jacobson• December 12, 2016
Ted Nugent stated on June 01, 2011 in an oped column.:
Rick Perry "has never lost an election and remains the only person to have won the Texas governorship three times in landslide elections."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 14, 2011
Donald Trump stated on May 22, 2019 in remarks in the Rose Garden:
Says Pennsylvania Republican nominee for Congress Fred Keller "was a 50-50 shot" before his landslide victory.
By Louis Jacobson• May 22, 2019
Donald Trump stated on January 07, 2025 in a press conference:
“They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.”
By Amy Sherman• January 7, 2025
Donald Trump stated on January 06, 2021 in a speech on the Ellipse outside the White House:
"We won. We won in a landslide. This was a landslide.”
By Daniel Funke• January 7, 2021
Donald Trump stated on January 15, 2024 in a speech after the Iowa caucus:
“This is the third time we’ve won but this is the biggest win” in Iowa caucus.
By Amy Sherman• January 16, 2024
Instagram posts stated on November 07, 2024 in on social media:
“Something stinks” that Donald Trump won in several battleground states while Democrats won Senate or governor races in those states.
By Louis Jacobson• November 8, 2024
Mitch McConnell stated on January 06, 2021 in a Senate floor speech:
"This election actually was not unusually close."
By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2021
Joy Reid stated on June 20, 2017 in a tweet:
In the Georgia House district that hosted a special election on June 20, "Trump won by 20+ points."
By Louis Jacobson• June 21, 2017
Social Media stated on December 01, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“Trump won 18-to-24-year-olds in Wisconsin."
By D.L. Davis• January 6, 2025
Rebecca Kleefisch stated on June 08, 2022 in Campaign email:
“Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020.”
By Laura Schulte• June 23, 2022
Scott Walker stated on June 02, 2015 in a speech:
My support from young voters -- those 18 to 24 --  in November 2014 was "largely unheard of for a Republican."
By James B. Nelson• June 22, 2015
Ron Johnson stated on May 19, 2024 in TV interview:
Says in his three election campaigns, the early polls were "wildly incorrect, all three times."
By Hope Karnopp• June 5, 2024
Emerald Robinson stated on May 26, 2022 in a Substack post:
“Nobody in any election in America gets 74% of the votes. Ever. It doesn’t happen.”
By Louis Jacobson• June 1, 2022
Michelle Obama stated on August 17, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech:
“In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.”
By Louis Jacobson• August 18, 2020
Donald Trump stated on November 27, 2016 in a tweet:
Says he "won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally."
By Louis Jacobson• November 28, 2016
Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2018 in a tweet:
Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich is "very unpopular."
By Amy Sherman• August 14, 2018

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