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Letter: Trump’s electoral vote total far from record
Harland Nelson
Jan. 4, 2017 5:00 pm
According to James Schmitz, 'Not only did Trump win - he won big” ('Election was fair and honest,” Dec. 19).
The source for that opinion must be a Trump tweet. The president-elect's electoral vote total, a few more than 300, is far from a record.
He didn't win big in the popular vote, either. Hillary Clinton drew nearly 3 million more votes than he did.
Everybody knows that. Except Schmitz. Or is he doing what the president-elect keeps doing: ignoring facts and selling a trumped-up 'reality”?
That's a real menace. If that sort of 'reality” becomes the norm in our public discourse, soon or later our national nose will get bent out of shape by true reality.
Harland Nelson
Decorah
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