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Donald Trump: “We won the popular vote for the first time of any Republican…”

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President Trump delivers remarks in Iowa

Published | Video Starts at 04:55

All seven of them. They said seven swing. Well, he could win four of them. He's doing very well. But we won seven. We won the Electoral College 312 to 226. We won the popular vote for the first time of any Republican in many decades by millions and millions of votes. And we won a category that's very important. We won 86% of all counties in America, 2,700 to 525. How about that? Other than that, we didn't do too well. (04:55–05:02)

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Asserts winning the popular vote by millions, a first for a Republican in decades.

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