The President claimed he won the 2020 election three times.
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The MeidasTouch PodcastSep 15, 2026
Multiple sources document Trump repeatedly saying he won three presidential elections, including the 2020 race he lost, so the claim that he claimed to win 2020 three times is supported. The sources also show that the underlying assertion is false: Biden won 2020, and the fact-checkers reject the claim.
What was said
… I eliminated the bureaucracy that prevented these great Americans from serving, or at least being considered from serving, and I'm going to continue to do that." Turned it upside down. What about Senator Welch's cross-exam? Let's play it. "He said, quote, 'We had a rigged election, as you know. It was totally rigged because I won three times. I did. We didn't win twice. I won three times.' And, of course, the president is saying he won the 2020 election. Do you agree with that?" "There are many ongoing investigations surrounding that matter, so I'm not going to comment on it." "And stylize the evidence. …
The MeidasTouch Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The NYT tracker logs Trump saying 'I won three times' and 'we had a rigged election the second time' across 2025 and 2026, and it notes he referred to the 2020 race as one of the three wins.[4]
Supports. FactCheck.org quotes Trump at a 2026 Iowa rally saying 'they cheated us on the second one because we won it three times,' tying the three-wins claim directly to 2020.[1]
Supports. Newsweek and Cleveland.com report Trump in October 2026 saying 'we won it three times' about the 2020 election, as the basis for a right to run again.[5]
Contradicts. AP and FactCheck.org both state Trump lost 2020 (Biden 306 electoral votes), so the claimed win is false, though this does not change whether he made the statement.[1][2]
Context. The claim concerns what Trump said, not whether it is true; the Snopes item on the America.gov chatbot is about a separate rumor and does not bear on the claim.[3]
Sources
5 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1FactChecking Claims from Trump’s Midterm Ralliesfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 2FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims during ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3Did Trump's AI tool say he lost the 2020 election, contradicting his claims that he won?snopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Trump Has Cast Doubt on Elections on 460 Days in His Second Termnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Trump Says He Has ‘Right’ to Run for Third Term: ‘They ...newsweek.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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