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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnybody who's like "well that was a pretty good showing for Trump!".....
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Nate Silver
@NateSilver538
Anybody who's like "we'll that was a pretty good showing for Trump!" should consider how Hillary Clinton was treated as the World's Biggest Loser after an election with the same Electoral College margin as this one*.
* But where she won the popular vote instead of losing it by 5
12:14 PM · Nov 7, 2020
Nate Silver
@NateSilver538
Anybody who's like "we'll that was a pretty good showing for Trump!" should consider how Hillary Clinton was treated as the World's Biggest Loser after an election with the same Electoral College margin as this one*.
* But where she won the popular vote instead of losing it by 5
12:14 PM · Nov 7, 2020
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Anybody who's like "well that was a pretty good showing for Trump!"..... (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Nov 2020
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True, but who would have thought that anyone would have voted for trump in a democracy?
The Wielding Truth
Nov 2020
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The Wielding Truth
(11,432 posts)1. True, but who would have thought that anyone would have voted for trump in a democracy?
Nevilledog
(54,748 posts)2. Twice.
The Wielding Truth
(11,432 posts)3. Yes, even once was too much.
"Good showing" is, I think, in relation to anyone ever wanting him making any decisions for anything.
Unless you wish to ruin democracy.
That's why his love for dictators was so darn concerning.
