Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election.
Said by Steve Scalise, Checked Updated
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- 6 support1 context
- Said
- 1 time·
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- 97%
Bannon`s War RoomJul 27, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources (AP via Congress certification record, Reuters, BBC, Snopes) report that Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election, with Congress certifying his victory on Jan. 6, 2025. The claim's core assertion is directly supported, and the extraction faithfully reflects the passage's reference to the 2024 victory.
What was said
… sure we put this in perspective, because a way to, a way to get the enthusiasm level, which, let's be blunt, the political geniuses doing this have not said how they're going to do it. I got a hint for them: take your number two pencil out and write down, "Let's get back to President Trump's, let's get back to the policies that won the biggest comeback behind victory in American history in 2024." Just the basics, like mass deportations, and, you know, we're going to have budget cuts and finally get hands around the budget, no foreign wars, you know, a maniacal focus on the United States, a new nationalism focused on this. …
Bannon`s War Room · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP reports Congress certified Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 presidential election in proceedings on Jan. 6, 2025, without challenge.[1]
Supports. Reuters and BBC election results show Trump winning the Electoral College with 312 votes to Harris's 226 and the popular vote of about 49.8%.[2][5][6]
Supports. Snopes and PolitiFact report the AP called the race for Trump after his Wisconsin win put him over 270 electoral votes.[3][4]
Context. The passage refers to the 2024 victory as the basis for a 'comeback,' which matches the sources' description of Trump's return to the presidency; the claim's wording is a faithful extraction.[5][7]
Sources
7 sources: 4 fact-checkers, 2 tier 1, 1 tier 2
- 1Congress certifies Trump's 2024 win, without the Jan. 6 mob violence of four years agoapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2US president election results 2024 - Reutersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3It's Official: Trump Wins US Presidencysnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 4Donald Trump wins 2024 US election for presidentpolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 5Donald Trump wins 2024 US election in historic comebackbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
- 6US Presidential Election Results 2024 - BBC Newsbbc.co.uk · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 7Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential electionnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: context
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