It’s important that Democrats understand that Trump’s winning margin was as tiny as his hands, because he will simply keep repeating the word “mandate” until Congress and the media are hypnotized into submission. Don’t let him get away with it.
Joan Walsh in The Nation:
As blue Western states and cities finish counting votes, it looks like the popular vote “landslide” projected for Donald Trump last week turned out to be a trickle. When all the votes are counted, he will end up with a margin of roughly two points over Vice President Kamala Harris. Presidents Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Richard Nixon in 1972 won more than 60 percent of the popular vote; Ronald Reagan in 1984 won 58 percent. Those were landslides.
Jonathan Chait in New York Magazine:
Upon learning that he had won a clear election victory, Donald Trump responded, as is his custom, with a transparent lie. “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,” he gloated.
