What did Donald Trump claim about elections on 15 Oct 2026? "We won it, as you know, three times and we got the highest…"
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
We won it, as you know, three times and we got the highest vote by far in the history of the state, all three times.
Not in 2016. Trump got 1,155,389 votes in South Carolina that year, fewer than the 1,241,609 Tim Scott got on the same ballot.
In 2016 Trump received 1,155,389 votes in South Carolina, while Sen. Tim Scott received 1,241,609 on the same ballot (Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2016).
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- Virtual tele-rally in South Carolina hosted with Darline Graham, held by phone from Washington, D.C.
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