What did Greg Abbott predict about elections in August 2020?
Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas ·
This is why Trump will win. Most Americans despise this depraved, intolerant conduct. Americans are seeing too much of this in streets across the country. They will vote to against this abhorrent conduct and for Trump who will not tolerate it.
Biden 306, Trump 232 electoral votes
Abbott said Trump would win because Americans would vote against unrest in the streets. Biden won 306 electoral votes to 232, and Trump got about 46.8% of the vote.
Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election with 306 electoral votes to Donald Trump's 232 (National Archives). Trump got 74,223,975 votes to Biden's 81,283,501, about 46.8% of the votes cast (FEC, Federal Elections 2020, Table 1).
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- Post on X (then Twitter) from @GregAbbott_TX at 1:31 a.m. Eastern, quote-tweeting another user's video.