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Trump’s Exclusive Club

January 6, 2021 · 12:11 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Aaron Blake: “When President Trump lost in November, he joined some select and unpleasant company: Presidents who failed to win a second term. Modern presidents most often win reelection, including all three of Trump’s immediate predecessors. Trump became just the 10th elected president to run a second time and lose.”

“And Tuesday’s results in Georgia are now in line to put him among an even-more select group: Presidents who not only lost the reelection, but also lost both chambers of Congress… Trump would become the first elected president since the Great Depression to lose all three in a single term, and he would join just five other presidents in doing so.”

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