Loser says to Other Loser......''Just declare victory.''
Trump says ''Dr Oz should declare victory.''
TV doctor Mehmet Oz finds himself in a
nip-and-tuck race with wealthy businessman David McCormick in the fight for the Republican Senate nomination in Pennsylvania.
And his highest-profile backer has some words of advice.
"Dr. Oz should declare victory,"
counseled Trump via a tweet truth on his Truth Social site. "It makes it much harder for them to cheat with the ballots that they 'just happened to find.'"
Uh, OK.
What Trump's statement makes clear is that he hasn't learned the right (or any) lessons from the 2020 election. (And no, I am not surprised.)
For Trump -- in politics and life -- perception is all that matters.
When you declare bankruptcy, as Trump has done, make sure everyone knows it's a strategic (and smart) move.
When you lose -- whether it's in the
2016 Iowa caucuses or the 2020 general election -- insist that you, in fact, won. Tell everyone you won enough times, and they might start to believe it. (Remember that polls show a clear majority of Republican voters now say that Joe Biden did not win the 2020 election fair and square.)
Oz, at least so far, hasn't taken Trump's advice. "When all the votes are counted, we will win," Oz predicted at a rally on Tuesday night. Which isn't the same thing as declaring victory.