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.
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
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.
I’m not in disagreement
A lie can make it around the world before the truth even has a chance to put it’s shoes on.
Bad actors take advantage of this so often I’m surprised truthful material gets out into the world at all.