They were playing that game on election night as well, refusing to give him Georgia while instantly crediting Hillary with Hawaii and California.
When they had to resort to those tactics, they knew they’d lost.
Yep. What a pleasure it was watching there little meter down at the bottom swing from a likely Clinton win to a pegged out Trump win, all the while knowing just how sorry the Times people must have been about setting up the display the way they did. Hahaha! I still laugh thinking about it!