Look, politicians can’t seem to tell the truth anymore. But every once in a while, one of them says something so brazenly false that you wonder if they actually believe their own spin. Let me tell you about one that’ll make your head spin.

The book promotion circuit has become a safe space where defeated candidates can nurse their wounds and craft alternate realities. Nobody expects hard-hitting journalism when someone’s hawking their memoir. But when those narratives contradict basic mathematical facts that millions of Americans witnessed firsthand? That’s when we need to pay attention.

From ‘Breitbart’:

Former Vice President Kamala Harris has repeated a blatant lie about her 2024 election performance while on her book promotion media tour, falsely claiming that the results were the “closest” of the twenty-first century. “By the way, another piece of what is unprecedented and a bit historical about that race, it is the closest presidential race in the twenty-first century, in terms of outcome,” she said Tuesday to applause fro The View’s studio audience…

In reality, Harris lost every single swing state, failed to flip even a single county in her direction, and became the first Democrat in two decades to lose the popular vote.

Yes, you read that right. She actually said this with a straight face. Not once, but twice—on both ABC’s The View and Rachel Maddow’s show. This isn’t just political spin or seeing the glass half full. It’s an attempt to gaslight Americans about something we all lived through less than a year ago.

Harris’s claim that 2024 was the century’s closest race? It’s not merely wrong—it’s laughably, provably, mathematically impossible.

The Actual Numbers Tell a Different Story

Here’s a quick math lesson for anyone who slept through November. President Trump crushed Harris 312 to 226 in the Electoral College. That’s an 86-vote margin. Not exactly a squeaker.

Want to know what an actual close race looks like? Bush versus Gore in 2000 came down to 271-266. Five electoral votes. That’s close. Even Biden’s 2020 win was tighter than Trump’s victory over Harris—74 electoral votes versus 86.

But wait, it gets worse for Harris’s revisionist history project. She managed something special—she became the first Democrat to lose the popular vote in two decades. Think about that. She didn’t flip a single county red to blue. Not one. And those battleground states everyone obsessed over? She lost them all. Every. Single. One.

What could she have been referring to? Maybe the popular vote, ultimately doesn’t matter “in terms of outcome,” in Kamala’s own words. And yet even there, Republicans rarely win the popular vote, but Trump managed to do it by a good margin, almost breaking 50%.

This wasn’t a nail-biter. This was a comprehensive rejection.

A Troubling Pattern Emerges

This is where my blood pressure starts rising. Not a single mainstream media host challenged this obvious lie. Ana Navarro on The View actually encouraged Harris, saying “say that again” to counter Trump’s mandate claims. And Rachel Maddow—the self-appointed defender of democracy and truth? Silent. (Shocking, I know.)

Harris even had the audacity to explain why she’s pushing this fiction: “It’s important to me that when history is written, that my voice be present.” Well, here’s a thought—maybe your voice should tell the truth?

When politicians make verifiably false claims about recent events and journalists just nod along, we’ve got a serious problem. This isn’t ancient history we’re debating. We all watched this election happen. We saw the results come in. We watched Steve Kornacki at his board showing state after state going red.

The implications here are bigger than one politician’s bruised ego. If we can’t agree on basic facts about an election that happened months ago, what hope do we have for a functioning democracy? When the media becomes a safe space for political delusion rather than a check on power, Americans lose.

We deserve leaders who can face reality. Who can lose with dignity. And most importantly, who won’t look us in the eye and lie about things we all saw happen. The 2024 election results aren’t up for debate—they’re documented fact. No amount of book tours, sympathetic interviews, or friendly media appearances can change what happened when Americans went to the ballot box.

Key Takeaways

• Harris falsely claimed 2024 was the century’s closest presidential race despite losing 312-226
• She lost every swing state and became the first Democrat to lose the popular vote in 20 years
• Mainstream media hosts failed to challenge this obvious historical revisionism
• When politicians rewrite recent history unchallenged, democratic accountability suffers

Sources: Breitbart