What did Donald Trump claim about elections on 31 Oct 2026? "we won it all three times in record vote. We get the…"
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
we won it all three times in record vote. We get the highest vote of the history of the state.
Not in 2016. Trump got 2,841,005 votes in Ohio that year, fewer than the 3,118,567 Rob Portman got on the same ballot.
In the 2016 general election in Ohio, Trump received 2,841,005 votes for president, while Sen. Rob Portman received 3,118,567 votes for U.S. Senate on the same ballot (Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2016).
Claim vs. the record · Elections
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The claim
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- Virtual tele-rally for Ohio Republican candidates, held by phone from Palm Beach, Florida.
The record
Primary source (audit/certified result)