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3. MINORITY incoming president Trump expected to pick Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:26 PM
Nov 19

9h
Donald Trump Has NOT Won a Majority of the Votes Cast for President, The Nation, 11/19/24
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-has-not-won-a-majority-of-the-votes-cast-for-president/ar-AA1umNPa
citing Cook Political Report as of Monday afternoon (11/18).
(49.94 to 48.26, so his margin over Harris is just 1.68%, and more west coast states' ballots yet to be counted),

No paywall for this msn.com hosted story.

ETA - I know that popular vote doesn't have any effect on who is president, in case someone wants to give me a civics lesson, and there's no indication in the article that Harris has any chance of closing the gap anyway. And the remaining ballots aren't going to change anything in the electoral votes either. But it's a nice talking point to have - -- the traitorous orange anus got less than half of the presidential vote.

But since he's a minority and a BIPOC (color orange), maybe we should be respectful?

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