Trump falsely claims he won Minnesota in 2020 day before Super Tuesday

Source: USA Today

Published 6:05 a.m. ET Mar. 5, 2024


ST. CLOUD — Monday, just one day before Minnesota votes in the presidential nominating primaries, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed he won the state’s vote in the 2020 general election.

Trump called into the conservative-leaning St. Cloud radio show KNSI Monday morning. “Well, I thought we won it last time, I’ll be honest,” he said on the show. “I think we did win it, and it’s very interesting, bad things happened in Minnesota.”

Trump lost Minnesota and its 10 electoral points by over a 7% margin to President Joe Biden. The 77-year-old proceeded to say that the campaign wasn't able to garner enough votes. "I thought we had it, we did so much for the state," Trump said. "The level of love was so incredible, and we didn't quite make it, and there's a lot of things we have to look at."

He also lost the Republican presidential primary in 2016 to Florida Senator Marco Rubio, taking third behind Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Minnesota hasn't voted for a Republican for president since 1972 when President Richard Nixon won the state.

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