Steve Bannon· Nov 4, 2024
Bannon speaks of Trump's victory as coming, saying the firestorm when they win will be as bad as if they had lost.
“the fire storm when we win will be as bad as if we lost”
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- Race WinnersNov 4, 2024
“And like res Island New Way, the fire storm when we win will be as bad as if we lost. And people just have to gird yourself for this.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+100 skillHow this was scored
- right:
- yes
- race:
- 2024-president
- election year:
- 2024
- skill:
- 100
- topic:
- elections
- held going in by:
- Democratic
- result from:
- fec-2024-president
- who won:
- Donald Trump
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- race name:
- 2024 U.S. presidential election
- decided in the:
- electoral-college
- they said:
- Donald Trump
- days before the vote when called:
- 0
- difficulty:
- 1
- the winner's party:
- Republican
- the naive guess:
- the party holding the seat keeps it
- Election Day:
- 2024-11-05
- the result is:
- certified
- the party they named:
- Republican
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