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Aug 24, 2023Liked by Dave Pell

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Aug 24, 2023Liked by Dave Pell

Damn, Dave. Your writing is spectacular. Thank you.

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Data Points. No comment. No opinion.

Trump on Losers:

Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.”

Trump and the Popular Vote:

Biden won 81,283,098 votes, or 51.3 percent of the votes cast. He is the first U.S. presidential candidate to have won more than 80 million votes. Trump won 74,222,958 votes, or 46.8 percent of the votes cast.

Trump on Georgia

“The people of Georgia are angry. The people of the country are angry, and there's nothing wrong with saying that, you know, that you've recalculated,” Trump said on the call. "All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have... Fellas, I need 11,000 votes, give me a break."

Electoral College if Trump won Georgia:

Final Electoral College Biden: 306 Trump: 232

Updated if Trump had Won Georgia: Biden: 290 Trump 248

Trump on electoral college and the popular vote

Sixty Minutes on November 13, 2016, President-Elect Trump said:

"I would rather see it, where you went with simple votes. You know, you get 100 million votes, and somebody else gets 90 million votes, and you win. There’s a reason for doing this. Because it brings all the states into play

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