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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump is apparently confused as to why news outlets projected the election winner
as he rails against the resultsDonald Trump has lost his bid for reelection, Insider and its election partner Decision Desk HQ projected Friday, but Trump has so far refused to concede the race and on Sunday expressed confusion over news outlets calling the race, which is common.
"Since when does the Lamestream Media call who our next president will be?" Trump tweeted Sunday. "We have all learned a lot in the last two weeks!"
Major news outlets, like the Associated Press, NBC News, Fox News, and The New York Times, called the election in Biden's favor after he pulled ahead in the key battleground of Pennsylvania by more than 30,000 votes, a day after Insider and DDHQ projected Biden the winner.
Trump has falsely claimed victory in the election, first in the early morning hours Wednesday following Election Day. On Saturday he in a tweet again falsely claimed victory, not long before major news outlets called the race in Biden's favor while the president golfed in Virginia.
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Trump is apparently confused as to why news outlets projected the election winner (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Nov 2020
OP
Hmm that "Best pollster in Britain" that supports Trump's claims looks a bit sketchy
Shermann
Nov 2020
#10
dem4decades
(11,304 posts)1. He's dumber than dirt.
malaise
(269,157 posts)2. I don't remember him complaining when they called it for him in 16 n/t
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)17. And the very next day.
Funny how that happens when you are a LOSER.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)3. It's dimensia.
NameAlreadyTaken
(981 posts)5. And it's worsening
ramapo
(4,589 posts)4. Permanent time out
Best to simply ignore him
Cha
(297,655 posts)6. Poor Lump of UseLESS Orange
skin
marmar
(77,090 posts)7. He doesn't even sound convinced by his own bullshit.
Honestly, he sounds like a defeated man.
Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)8. I guess Schoolhouse Rock! never covered this subject
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)9. News outlet don't "call" the results; they report them.
There is a difference, which apparently Chump doesn't understand.
Shermann
(7,433 posts)12. Yep they basically do the math for us
We could wait a few weeks for every single statistically inconsequential vote to trickle in and be counted, but MATH.
Shermann
(7,433 posts)10. Hmm that "Best pollster in Britain" that supports Trump's claims looks a bit sketchy
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)14. It would be nice if Cambridge would come out and clarify ...
Based on the TDB article it's left as '(some other) professor says he didn't earn this degree'.
Probably true, but not terribly convincing
Shermann
(7,433 posts)16. It's kind of irrelevant anyway
The margin of error between the polls and the election results is still all over the place, so you can't use the former to invalidate the latter.
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)11. Dammit!
I was thinking yesterday how nice it was that Palin and her stupid "lamestream media" retort were a thing of the past. Trump ruins everything!
bullimiami
(13,103 posts)13. maybe its the dementia. he understood it quite clearly 4 years ago.
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)15. I've seen this echoed by other democracy deniers, too. n/t
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