Former President Donald Trump stated on Friday that he won Minnesota in 2020, in spite of Democratic governmental prospects bring the state for more than 40 years.
“I believed we won it in 2016. I believed we won it in 20 — I understand we won it in 2020,” he stated throughout a speech at the Minnesota GOP supper in St. Paul. Trump included, “We got to see those votes.”
The incorrect claim was the most recent in a wave of election denialism and conspiracy remarks the previous president has actually made considering that his 2020 governmental loss.
President Joe Biden won Minnesota in 2020 with 52.4% of the state’s votes, compared to Trump’s 45.3%. The margin in between the 2 prospects was more than 233,000 votes.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won Minnesota in 2016, however by a tighter margin than Biden. Clinton protected 46.9% of Minnesotans’ votes, while Trump protected 45.4%.
Democrats have actually won Minnesota in every governmental election considering that 1976. The cycle before, the state went to Republican politician Richard Nixon.
Throughout his speech, Trump asserted that he would “win this state” in November.
Trump formerly stated of Minnesota in an interview released by KSTP on Wednesday, “I believed I won in 2020 quickly.” In an interview that aired on KNSI Radio in March, Trump in the beginning stated of Minnesota in 2020, “I believed we won it last time. I’ll be sincere. I believe we did win it” before including, “We didn’t rather make it.”
Biden project representative James Vocalist knocked the previous president as “unhinged about his 2020 loss.”
“In 2020, Joe Biden beat him by 7 million votes, consisting of by more than 230,000 in Minnesota — and this November Joe Biden is going to beat him once again due to the fact that Americans are worthy of much better than a weak, desperate, and pitiful loser like Donald Trump as their leader in chief,” Vocalist stated in a declaration.
Trump made a comparable incorrect claim about Wisconsin last month too.
“We won this state by a lot. It came out that we won this,” Trump stated at a rally.
Nevertheless, Trump lost the state in 2020 by more than 20,000 votes. He brought in 2016, ending up being the very first Republican to win the state considering that Ronald Reagan in 1984.
Ballot recommends that Biden and Trump continue to be secured a tight race. An NBC News survey carried out in April revealed 44% of signed up citizens choosing Biden and 46% choosing Trump in a head-to-head match.
This short article was initially released on NBCNews.com