President Biden, Kamala Harris and others in DC tell some serious whoppers every single day all while the “fact-checkers” often find ways to cover for them. However, when it comes to Donald Trump, no remark goes unchecked… and we mean NO remark.
First, here’s what Trump said during a recent speech:
Trump says pollster told him: “If George Washington and Abraham Lincoln came alive from the dead and formed a President and VP team, you would beat them by 40%.” pic.twitter.com/dlsQvCavdP
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) October 5, 2022
The Washington Post’s Philip Bump was immediately on the job:
https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1578066072762204160
Thankfully the media fact-checkers are around to clear up stuff like this!
So Trump thinks he would have beaten a Washington-Lincoln ticket?
Sounds like a job for The Guy Who Is Pedantic About Such Commentary™! https://t.co/KO0G6c6Y0M
— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 6, 2022
Also, if you are interested in calling this a "fact check" and gurgling about how The Post is fact-checking riffs from Trump, let me assure you that YES this is an earnest, concerned analysis of an idea that I assume Trump offered in complete seriousness. You are right.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 6, 2022
So much for any hopes for a big Trump matchup against George Washington and Abraham Lincoln…
Trump claimed that, shortly before the pandemic began, a pollster came into the Oval Office.
“He said, ‘Sir’,” Trump began — using his infamous tell for a story he’s making up — “‘if George Washington and Abraham Lincoln came alive from the dead and they formed a president-vice president team, you would beat them by 40 percent.’ That’s how good our numbers were!”
Nope. Even then, before the pandemic and before the aftermath of his election loss, Trump would have lost. Badly.
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Again, I am aware that Trump was simply telling a story for effect. But this little thought exercise does prompt some useful reminders. For however popular Trump thinks he is and for however popular he wants others to think he is, he remains not-terribly-popular. If he ran against actually popular former presidents, he would lose.
Well at least we got that cleared up.
Thank you for your service 🫡 https://t.co/6ChPsO7S45
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) October 6, 2022
Now, if a Democrat said the same thing you just know the “fact-checkers” would find a way to make it true:
Considering the other two are dead, yes, confirmed, Trump would win.
— Corey Clayton (@CoreyClayton) October 6, 2022
Can the “fact-checkers” maybe now focus on the Biden White House’s gaslighting about the economy and so many other issues? Probably not.
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