Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
www.theguardian.com
In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false

Summary

Donald Trump and Republicans are falsely framing his 2024 election win as a historic “landslide” and sweeping mandate, despite the data showing otherwise.

Trump won the popular vote by just 1.6%, the smallest margin for a winning president since 1968, and his 307 electoral votes rank low in U.S. history.

Crucial Senate and House gains were limited, with Republicans relying on gerrymandering for their narrow House majority.

This exaggeration of victory serves to justify potential power expansions, but the facts debunk claims of an unprecedented or overwhelming mandate.

  • classic@fedia.io
    6·
    16 hours ago

    Too late. It’s that whole thing where it takes ten times the effort to undo misinformation than to introduce it (or however that goes). This narrative is here to stay. Those who try to counter it will just be in the role of the “Well Ackchyually” guy in the conversation

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      13 hours ago

      Well, facts do matter. And as much as possible, sane people need to push back on fascists just redeclaring terms to mean something else. They keep trying to do the same thing with the term insurrection. They have been calling anything and everything an “insurrection” to try to dilute the fact that their so-called president stoked a real insurrection.