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>Overstating one’s narrow win as a giant mandate does too. The "giant" part is inserted entirely by you. The point is that he's elected president, and the usua
by gruez 2y ago
>Overstating one’s narrow win as a giant mandate does too.
The "giant" part is inserted entirely by you. The point is that he's elected president, and the usual excuse about the popular vote doesn't apply.
- ceejayoz 2y agoNo, it isn’t inserted by me. https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/g-s1-38003/trump-mandate-presidents https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/g-s1-38003/trump-mandate-pres... > "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate," he said. Which given the maps at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_United_States_presidentia... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_United_States_presidentia... is just a dumb claim.