{"id":2339485,"date":"2024-09-10T23:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T03:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-lost-by-a-whisker-comment-sarcasm-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T23:25:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T03:25:20","slug":"trump-calls-lost-by-a-whisker-comment-sarcasm-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-lost-by-a-whisker-comment-sarcasm-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls lost &#8216;by a whisker&#8217; comment sarcasm &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-calls-lost-by-a-whisker-comment-sarcasm-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2339485&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump\u200c reaffirmed his claims regarding \u2063the 2020 election being stolen during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-quickly-turns-desantis-debate-comment-into-a-campaign-ad\/\" title=\"Biden swiftly transforms DeSantis debate remark into campaign ad.\">recent presidential debate<\/a> \u2064with Vice President Kamala\u2064 Harris,\u2064 despite \u200dhaving previously stated he lost &#8220;by \u2063a\u2063 whisker.&#8221; In the weeks leading up \u200bto the debate, he acknowledged his \u2062defeat by President\u2062 Joe Biden but insisted that his comments were made sarcastically, claiming there is substantial evidence\u200b to support his allegations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">widespread voter fraud<\/a>. \u2063While Trump has\u200d made some admissions\u2062 of loss,\u200b including to the conservative group Moms for Liberty, his rhetoric continues\u200c to\u200b provoke \u200dbacklash from his far-right supporters, who feel such statements undermine\u2064 their efforts to contest the election\u2063 results. During\u200c the debate, Trump expressed frustration\u200b that his legal challenges were dismissed in court \u200con what he labeled as technicalities, \u200chighlighting the ongoing division over the election&#8217;s legitimacy among his base.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump revives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-mcauliffe-championed-stolen-election-conspiracy-theory-for-years\/\" title=\"Terry McAuliffe Championed Stolen Election Conspiracy Theory for Years\">stolen election claims<\/a>, calls lost &lsquo;by a whisker&rsquo; comment sarcasm<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1757135\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump returned to his stolen election claims during Tuesday night&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3149501\/watch-live-trump-harris-face-off-abc-presidential-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"presidential debate\">presidential debate<\/a> despite his recent statements that he lost the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3148165\/trump-stolen-election-claims-save-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"won the 2020 election\">2020 election<\/a> &ldquo;by a whisker.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In the weeks leading up to the first and likely only match-up against Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump conceded he lost against President Joe Biden, but he denied his remarks were a reversal in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would say it sarcastically. There&rsquo;s so much proof,&rdquo; Trump responded. &ldquo;All you have to do is look at it, and they should have sent it back to the legislatures for approval.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-presidential-debate-live-updates-trump-harris-abc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE LIVE UPDATES: TRUMP AND HARRIS FACE OFF IN ABC SHOWDOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last month, Trump said during a conversation with the conservative Moms for Liberty group that he lost in 2020 &ldquo;by a whisker.&rdquo; He made a similar statement last week to podcaster Lex Fridman.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks have amounted to his most direct acceptances of defeat, despite years of unsubstantiated claims he lost due to widespread voter fraud and Democratic cheating.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his allies in the wake of the 2020 election lost dozens of court cases throughout the country as part of their effort to challenge the results. He blamed those outcomes on biased judges, some of whom he appointed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They said we didn&rsquo;t have standing &mdash; a technicality,&rdquo; Trump said at the debate. &ldquo;Can you imagine a system where a person in an election doesn&rsquo;t have standing? The president of the United States doesn&rsquo;t have standing?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s statement that he lost &ldquo;by a whisker&rdquo; has prompted backlash from far-right supporters who argued such comments undermined their 2020 efforts to overturn the results.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, why did we do Stop the Steal? Why did anyone go to Jan. 6? Why did anyone go to jail?&rdquo; hard-right political commentator Nick Fuentes, who participated in the U.S. Capitol attack, recently said on his podcast. &ldquo;It would have been good to know that before 1,600 people got charged. It would&rsquo;ve been good to know that before I had all my money frozen, put on a no-fly list, banned from everything, [and] lost all my bank and payment processing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still, Trump has continued to claim Democrats are actively plotting to steal the November election and sought to sow doubt in the integrity of the results. He recently went so far as to threaten the prosecution of election officials, which GOP allies have chalked up to tough rhetoric advocating for the upholding of voting laws.<\/p>\n<p>At the debate, Trump appeared to claim, without evidence, that illegal immigration was responsible for widespread voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A lot of these illegal immigrants coming in, [Democrats are] trying to get them to vote,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They can&rsquo;t even speak English. They don&rsquo;t even know what country they&rsquo;re in, practically, and these people are trying to get them to vote, and that&rsquo;s why they&rsquo;re allowing them to come into our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1757135\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1757135\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump reiterated his claims of a stolen election during Tuesday night&#8217;s presidential debate, despite having recently stated that he lost the 2020 election &#8220;by a whisker.&#8221; In the lead-up to his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump acknowledged his defeat to President Joe Biden but insisted that his comments were not an admission of loss. &#8220;I said it sarcastically. There\u2019s so much evidence,&#8221; he claimed, arguing that the results should have been sent back to state legislatures for approval.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Trump mentioned in a discussion with the conservative group Moms for Liberty that he lost in 2020 &#8220;by a whisker,&#8221; and made similar remarks on podcaster Lex Fridman&#8217;s show last week. These statements represent some of Trump&#8217;s clearest acknowledgments of defeat, even as he has long maintained unproven allegations of widespread voter fraud and cheating by Democrats. Following the 2020 election, Trump and his supporters faced numerous legal setbacks in their attempts to contest the results, which he attributed to biased judges\u2014some appointed by him\u2014who ruled they lacked standing.<\/p>\n<p>During the debate, Trump expressed disbelief at being told he didn&#8217;t have standing as a candidate: \u201cCan you imagine a system where someone in an election doesn\u2019t have standing? The president of the United States doesn\u2019t have standing?\u201d His comment about losing &#8220;by a whisker&#8221; has drawn criticism from far-right supporters who feel it undermines their efforts to overturn the election results. Political commentator Nick Fuentes questioned why people participated in events like January 6 if Trump&#8217;s loss was so close.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this backlash, Trump continues to assert that Democrats are scheming to steal future elections and has raised doubts about electoral integrity. He even threatened legal action against election officials\u2014a stance some GOP allies interpret as strong rhetoric supporting voting laws. During the debate, without providing evidence, Trump suggested illegal immigration was linked to voter fraud: \u201cA lot of these illegal immigrants coming in&#8230; [Democrats are] trying to get them to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2339486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Harris_Trump_Debate_uiu4.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40612,5894,8230,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2339485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-lost-election","tag-politics","tag-sarcasm","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Harris_Trump_Debate_uiu4.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}