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SAD! Trump Falsely Claims His Endorsement Helped Strange at Polls
Holy cow! Trump finally tells a lie so outrageous that Breitbart - yes That Breitbart - has to call him out on it. 
SAD! President Trump Falsely Claims His Endorsement Helped Luther Strange at Alabama Polls
President Trump apparently missed the lesson delivered to him by Alabama Republican voters on Tuesday when they decisively picked grassroots conservative champion Roy Moore over establishment-backed and Trump-endorsed Luther Strange in the primary runoff election.
Trump voters support the Trump agenda, not the Trump personality. The president seems to think otherwise.
Late Saturday, President Trump sent out this tweet:
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Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
In analyzing the Alabama Primary race,FAKE NEWS always fails to mention that the candidate I endorsed went up MANY points after endorsement!
7:24 PM - Sep 30, 2017
Not exactly, Mr. President.
President Trump endorsed Strange on August 8, one week before the August 15 GOP primary for the special election to replace Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) in the United States Senate. Under Alabama election laws, the nomination would go to any candidate who received a majority of the votes in that primary election.
Since none did, the top two vote-getters on August 15, Roy Moore and Strange, advanced to the September 26 runoff election, where Moore crushed Strange by 54.6 percent to 45.4 percent, a 9.2 point margin.
What impact did Trump’s August 8 endorsement of Strange have on voting behavior among Alabama’s Republican primary voters?
Not any that helped Strange, as it turns out.
An RRH Poll of likely voters in the August 15 Alabama Republican Senate primary conducted between July 31 and August 3 gave Moore a two point lead over Strange, 31 percent to 29 percent, with Mo Brooks in third with 18 percent.
On election night August 15, a week after President Trump’s endorsement of Strange, and two weeks after the RRH Poll showing Moore with a two point lead, the results showed Moore performing better after the President’s endorsement of Strange.
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As it turns out, the president’s visit to Alabama on September 23 may have had the effect of slightly increasing actual voter support for Moore by 1.2 points to 3.2 points, as the final margin of victory for Moore on election day, September 26, was 9.2 points.
Last edited by Goose (10/01/2017 2:40 pm)
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.