Why Trump Lost
American Spectator,
by
E. Donald Elliott
Original Article
Posted By: StormCnter,
11/19/2020 5:01:57 PM
Donald J. Trump was fond of saying the 2020 presidential election was the most important election of our lifetimes. Presumably he meant that it would determine the direction of the country for a generation. That remains to be seen, but perhaps he was wrong.
Although about 70 percent of Republicans believe that Joe Biden didn’t win fair and square, those issues are wending their way through the courts so let’s leave them for another day. Assume for the moment that Biden really did win. What does that mean for our country? Maybe not that much. It turns out that the election wasn’t about policies but personalities.
Donald Trump is a larger-than-life
Reply 1 - Posted by:
justavoter 11/19/2020 5:07:28 PM (No. 610844)
Nobody has won yet.
80 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
volksford 11/19/2020 5:08:57 PM (No. 610846)
Mr. Elliott, where in hell have you been since Nov 3rd ?
76 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Luke21 11/19/2020 5:10:16 PM (No. 610847)
What a choad.
53 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
HPmatt 11/19/2020 5:12:07 PM (No. 610850)
E Don - A big f you. Not gonna put up with agitprop anymore. You can move to 'Frisco or LA or NYC and enjoy the liberal hell you'd WISH would happen in flyover country, for some perverse reason.
44 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 11/19/2020 5:13:00 PM (No. 610853)
I’m not willing to suspend [my belief] to the degree Mr. Elliott demands.
39 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Californian 11/19/2020 5:13:22 PM (No. 610854)
Dumb article. Trump did win. The hypothetical is based on a falsehood.
57 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
LittleRedHen1 11/19/2020 5:16:34 PM (No. 610856)
Could not get past the third paragraph. The author's assumption about how the votes were cast does not pass casual inspection. Over 20 toss up Congressional races went 100% Republican. There is nothing about the Republicans as a whole that makes voters enthusiastic. Therefore I assume that those voters also voted for Trump. Another thing to consider, a computer program that can switch variable values without crashing does not have a glitch, it has a feature. Issues wending through the courts is today's issue.
33 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
davew 11/19/2020 5:19:58 PM (No. 610860)
President Trump won 318 to 220 electoral votes if you eliminate votes that were fraudulent. He received more votes than he did last time so it has nothing to do with his personality. It has to do with a global elite color revolution that has compromised the electoral process. There's nothing else to understand.
37 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
TXknitter 11/19/2020 5:25:56 PM (No. 610862)
I started to read this but its not worth the brain power. I had just listened to sour Karl Rove and Dana Perino of Bush, Inc. manipulating and mocking the Trump legal team’s presser.
26 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Strike3 11/19/2020 5:26:32 PM (No. 610863)
The first paragraph is supposed to encourage you to read the rest of the story. That did not work here.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Submariner 11/19/2020 5:32:26 PM (No. 610868)
Mr. Elliott, with the vote fraud the premise of your piece evaporates. Watch a recording of today's news conference by the President's legal team and tell me he lost.
19 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Moritz55 11/19/2020 5:37:50 PM (No. 610871)
Interesting article. While it is too soon to say who won the election, there is a lot of truth in the author’s assertion that, for many voters, personality meant way more than policy. Tragic shortsightedness.
14 people like this.
Ditto #10
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
billsv 11/19/2020 5:49:08 PM (No. 610882)
First, President Trump has not lost and second he will be re-elected. Such nonsense
21 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
OK state mom 11/19/2020 6:14:34 PM (No. 610885)
Well worth reading. Drives home the message many people voted for Prom King Biden who never did anything but build personal wealth in 47 years as a government worker over Donald Trump who brought us world peace and a Covid vaccine.
12 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
BarryNo 11/19/2020 6:21:18 PM (No. 610887)
I despise smug little liars. Election is not over, yet!!
15 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Mofongo 11/19/2020 6:27:11 PM (No. 610891)
Shove it.
12 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 11/19/2020 6:52:47 PM (No. 610913)
The fact that the Democrats didn't pick up House seats, and the Senate is still either 50/50, or will be close, means the country is more evenly divided than the Progressive agenda that a Biden administration will install.
I still doubt Joe lasts 100 days, when they'll use that new 25th amendment option Nancy put in place.
So, depending on how those two Georgia Senate races go, will determine a lot for the direction of the country, because you can bet the Democrats, if they have the majority in the Senate, will change the rules, again, to help ease their transformation of the United States.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Right Time 11/19/2020 6:57:00 PM (No. 610916)
TRUMP HAS NOT LOST.
(except in the simple minds of Twits like E. Donald Elliott)
13 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
stablemoney 11/19/2020 7:04:59 PM (No. 610920)
No, it was not about personalities. Biden doesn't have one. It was about policy. You are an idiot, Elliot, that thinks the American people know nothing. The fact is Trump voters are very well informed, and it is about policy. Trump is not standing up for Trump, he is standing up for us.
12 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
EQKimball 11/19/2020 7:52:43 PM (No. 610942)
I voted for Trump and believe there was likely massive election fraud. But, I also believe he would have won millions of more voters had he been personally more like the uncle you hope is coming to Thanksgiving than the one you hope takes a pass. If you have ever worked in an organization where there are frequent personnel changes--with those who leave blaming the boss and vice versa--you understand. The constant turmoil becomes unbearable. More than even voting against Trump, many people simply voted for peace and quiet. A shame, because he accomplished much.
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
navybrat 11/19/2020 8:00:23 PM (No. 610948)
Trump has not lost anything. Cheating and stealing took place big time. Hopefully, the court will hear the evidence gathered and more being gathered each day that prove this. It is there and it is far reaching.
9 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
DVC 11/19/2020 8:02:33 PM (No. 610949)
Massive vote fraud makes it appear that he has lost, if you believe the Enemedia and Demonrat fraudsters.
Let's all pray that truth and the work of patriots will triumph over the traitors.
6 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
Sully 11/19/2020 8:35:57 PM (No. 610969)
The article is inane.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 11/19/2020 8:54:47 PM (No. 610982)
The race isn't over. Maybe American Spectator is auditioning for Fake News of the Week.
3 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
PostAway 11/19/2020 9:19:19 PM (No. 610996)
#21, I hope you’re wrong because if Americans can’t see beyond a bumptious personality when the individual is a patriot and an effective problem-solver and instead vote for a cadaverous old man who will allow Communists and other vicious radicals to rule over them then they are imbeciles. If there was enough cheating to throw the election there is no honor in pretending otherwise.
6 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 11/19/2020 10:05:25 PM (No. 611051)
These cavers and cretins are beginning to bore me with their loser tunes.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
TXknitter 11/19/2020 10:44:20 PM (No. 611094)
Thank you #26.
4 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
Lanetam 11/19/2020 11:53:06 PM (No. 611156)
I never once had "buyers regret" after voting for Trump....not once. The regret will be very swift when the jobs flow OUT of America again, the energy prices will spike, the COVID lockdowns will continue and the Middle East will blow up again as soon as the Biden administration starts funding Iran again.
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Trump didn't lose. Democrats did what they always do- cheat. If he lost, We all lost.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Edgelady 11/20/2020 9:30:41 AM (No. 611404)
This is a tone deaf article. Granted, Trump is a far more interesting person than mobster Biden, but to say this was not on the issues is utterly poppycock! The issues to those who voted for him were employment, lower drug prices, immigration, the list goes on and on. And that’s the point, those who voted for him saw the results, the deeds, and were not bothered by the tweets - which were right on when it came to the press. Being President is not a personality contest - you vote for the guy and what he said he’s going to deliver. Trump proved he would and did deliver what he promised, unlike Republicans before him. People didn’t like what Biden offered, which is why he had to cheat against a proven leader.
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