Stu

We make up our own definitions for words. I mean, I think two things can be true on this, too. I think you can recognize that it was a relatively close election. It wasn't Reagan versus Mondale. Correct. That's not what it was. But it can still be a mandate. But you know what? He did shift all these demographic groups. He did, I think, if I remember correctly, every single state shifted toward him.

We make up our own definitions for words. I mean, I think two things can be true on this, too. I think you can recognize that it was a relatively close election. It wasn't Reagan versus Mondale. Correct. That's not what it was. But it can still be a mandate. But you know what? He did shift all these demographic groups. He did, I think, if I remember correctly, every single state shifted toward him.

We make up our own definitions for words. I mean, I think two things can be true on this, too. I think you can recognize that it was a relatively close election. It wasn't Reagan versus Mondale. Correct. That's not what it was. But it can still be a mandate. But you know what? He did shift all these demographic groups. He did, I think, if I remember correctly, every single state shifted toward him.

Now, that doesn't mean he won all the states, obviously, but the states shifted toward the Republicans. So, you know, like that's a big movement. I think I think a mandate is fair in this context. He did win every swing state. Again, those swing states weren't blowouts.

Now, that doesn't mean he won all the states, obviously, but the states shifted toward the Republicans. So, you know, like that's a big movement. I think I think a mandate is fair in this context. He did win every swing state. Again, those swing states weren't blowouts.

Now, that doesn't mean he won all the states, obviously, but the states shifted toward the Republicans. So, you know, like that's a big movement. I think I think a mandate is fair in this context. He did win every swing state. Again, those swing states weren't blowouts.

I think that's totally fair. You know, I think if you look at it, I mean, I think Biden won in 2020 in the popular vote by something like four, four and a half percent, something like that. And it moved to one point five percent towards Trump. It's a six point move. And in the American, the current American system, which is pretty polarized when it comes to party, that is a massive shift.

I think that's totally fair. You know, I think if you look at it, I mean, I think Biden won in 2020 in the popular vote by something like four, four and a half percent, something like that. And it moved to one point five percent towards Trump. It's a six point move. And in the American, the current American system, which is pretty polarized when it comes to party, that is a massive shift.

I think that's totally fair. You know, I think if you look at it, I mean, I think Biden won in 2020 in the popular vote by something like four, four and a half percent, something like that. And it moved to one point five percent towards Trump. It's a six point move. And in the American, the current American system, which is pretty polarized when it comes to party, that is a massive shift.

And it's not a tiny little thing. And I think that, you know, I think that totally qualifies as a mandate. That doesn't mean it wasn't a close election. Again, Trump had to win one of those blue wall states. The biggest blowout of those blue wall states was 2%. I mean, we could have been stuck with Kamala Harris right now. That is not crazy. It was close.

And it's not a tiny little thing. And I think that, you know, I think that totally qualifies as a mandate. That doesn't mean it wasn't a close election. Again, Trump had to win one of those blue wall states. The biggest blowout of those blue wall states was 2%. I mean, we could have been stuck with Kamala Harris right now. That is not crazy. It was close.

And it's not a tiny little thing. And I think that, you know, I think that totally qualifies as a mandate. That doesn't mean it wasn't a close election. Again, Trump had to win one of those blue wall states. The biggest blowout of those blue wall states was 2%. I mean, we could have been stuck with Kamala Harris right now. That is not crazy. It was close.

That being said, what he's done here and I think how the way he did it, which was, as Stephen A. Smith points out, moving a lot of demographic groups that don't normally even consider Republicans as part of that large move toward him. I mean, I think it'd be silly to just deny it. They want to do that because they want to deny that anything happening is supported by anyone other than evil Nazis.

That being said, what he's done here and I think how the way he did it, which was, as Stephen A. Smith points out, moving a lot of demographic groups that don't normally even consider Republicans as part of that large move toward him. I mean, I think it'd be silly to just deny it. They want to do that because they want to deny that anything happening is supported by anyone other than evil Nazis.

That being said, what he's done here and I think how the way he did it, which was, as Stephen A. Smith points out, moving a lot of demographic groups that don't normally even consider Republicans as part of that large move toward him. I mean, I think it'd be silly to just deny it. They want to do that because they want to deny that anything happening is supported by anyone other than evil Nazis.

Yes. But that's not the reality.

Yes. But that's not the reality.

Yes. But that's not the reality.

And remember, we're talking about— And they're just doubling down on it again. And we're talking about an election where we have, what, a two-seat majority, now a two-and-a-half-seat majority in Congress. It's close, relatively close in the Senate. Right.

And remember, we're talking about— And they're just doubling down on it again. And we're talking about an election where we have, what, a two-seat majority, now a two-and-a-half-seat majority in Congress. It's close, relatively close in the Senate. Right.