Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday repeated her false claim that the 2024 presidential election was the “closest” in the 21st century, saying this means President Donald Trump doesn’t have “a mandate.”
Harris made the remark during a speech in Houston, Texas, while promoting her new book, 107 Days. She commended her campaign for an “unprecedented” short run against Trump, saying Trump has been running for office “for 10 years.”
“Here’s the other thing that is quite unprecedented, and it was the tightest, closest presidential election in the 21st century. He does not have a mandate. That is not a mandate,” Harris said.
Harris made a similar claim on Sept. 26 when she paid a visit to Howard University.
Trump dominated the 2024 election against Harris, winning all seven swing states and securing 312 Electoral College votes against Harris’s 226. Trump also won the popular vote with over 77 million votes, with Harris receiving 75 million.
The closest presidential election of the 21st century was actually in 2000, when George W. Bush faced off against Al Gore. Bush lost the popular vote by roughly 500,000 votes, but won the Electoral College with 271 votes against Gore’s 266.
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Harris’s book hit the shelves on Sept. 23, and she’s given multiple insights into her short run as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee while promoting it. On The View, she said she underestimated how much voters wanted a change from the Biden administration.
The former vice president has also dished criticism against Trump since the president returned to the White House, calling him an “incompetent, unhinged president.” Regarding her political future, she said in late-July that she will not run for governor of California, and said last month a possible 2028 run is “not my focus right now.”
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