[guest post by Dana]

I feel like this should be getting way more attention than it has:

Former President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged that he did not win the 2020 presidential election, telling podcaster Lex Fridman that he “lost by a whisker.”

Fridman asked the Republican nominee about his expectations for his debate next week against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, in a podcast episode released Tuesday.

Trump initially answered, “I’ve done a lot of debating … I’ve done well with debates,” before embarking on a tangent about the number of votes he received in 2020, saying: “I became president. Then the second time I got millions more votes than I got the first time.”

“I was told if I got 63 million, which is what I got the first time, ‘You would win. You can’t not win.’ And I got millions more votes than that and lost by a whisker,” Trump added

Trump admitting that he lost the election is no small thing. Especially when considering what he dragged the country through. From his election denial and efforts to overturn the results, to the violent insurrection on Jan. 6, to his rejection of a peaceful transfer of power, to his complete willingness to ignore the Constitution and the 60 court cases he lost concerning the said election. How do his supporters feel? It’s been years of his endless lies and denials about the election, and now he admits that he knew he lost? That’s got to sting.

Moreover, how do those hundreds of Trump supporters who went to jail for him, feel about their leader admitting that he lost the election? Because when you’ve lost the foul Nick Fuentes. . .

Nick Fuentes (@NickJFuentes) talks about Donald Trump's "I lost by a whisker" comment admitting he lost the 2020 Election.

"Would have been good to know that before 16K people got charged. Before I got my money frozen & put on a Federal No Fly List." pic.twitter.com/v4pypEY6mV

— KaizerRev (@Kaizerrev) September 4, 2024

—Dana