Posted on 07/28/2016 8:07:33 PM PDT by kevcol
White House press secretary Josh Earnest falsely and repeatedly claimed at Thursday’s briefing that Barack Obama, not Ronald Reagan, was the first president since Dwight Eisenhower to win consecutive majorities of the popular vote.
Even when he was corrected by a reporter, Earnest insisted Reagan did not get at least 50 percent of the vote twice.
"I don’t think it's a coincidence that President Obama is actually the first president since President Eisenhower to win two national elections back-to-back, earning a majority vote from the American people," Earnest said.
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Yes he does
Liberals don’t accept facts
Why wasn’t Nixon the first
Stalinists lie. ALWAYS
It just so happens that the DNC party of today is Stalinist
What some people call “Orwellian” is actually Stalinist. Geore Orwell as writing about Stalinists in the West.
Nixon only got 43% in 1968. McGovern got 42% and Wallace got 13%.
I see Wallace I forgot about that. Thanks.
You mean Humphrey. McGovern got 38 percent in 1972.
You are 100% correct. I’ve been reading about the ‘72 campaign this evening and had McGovern on my brain.
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