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‘Take The L’: Ex-CNN Analyst Torches Historian Who ‘Blamed’ His Wrong Election Prediction On ‘Disinformation,’ Bigotry

Former CNN political analyst Chris Silitza on Monday criticized historian Alan Lichtman for justifying his false prediction that Vice President Kamala Harris would defeat President-elect Donald Trump.

Lichtman, CNN’s “laura coats live” on his YouTube channelmainly blamed him for his failures.13 keys to the white houseA predictive system for “disinformation” and bias. Siritza went on a rant on his YouTube channel As for why Lichtman’s explanation angered him, he argued that it contradicted the entire premise of his predictive system. (Stream The Daily Caller’s latest documentary “Cleaning Up Kamila” here)

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“Here’s the point that really infuriated me…the way Lichtman explained that it was wrong, clearly wrong, because Trump would win the popular vote and the Electoral College, so the only way we could somehow get out of this was do not have… [Harris losing]”We’re going to spend a few days analyzing what went wrong with the key,” he said. So I can tell you what was wrong with the key. Like so many things, it’s subjective,” Sillizza said before referring to Lichtman’s “Laura Coates Live” appearance.

“Just a few quotes from that interview. Lichtman says this is why the keys were wrong. Quote: “The keys rest with rational, realistic voters…” he blamed it on “disinformation” and Elon Musk. He also blamed it on “misogyny, racism and xenophobia.” Again, the keys should have nothing to do with it,” Shilitza argued. “That’s the whole point of the key, right? The whole key rationale is: The campaign doesn’t matter, right? The idea that, ‘Well, the voters weren’t rational or realistic’ doesn’t matter.” The point is that it is objective in theory, even though it is not in practice. So, again, sometimes in life, and this is something I’ve learned myself, you have to get an L. ”

Lichtman had correctly predicted nine of the past 10 elections before incorrectly predicting Harris would win. According to To USA Today. The historian said on Laura Coates Live and his YouTube channel that the Democratic Party’s public attacks on President Joe Biden, who was campaigning for re-election, caused his erroneous predictions. It was also argued that it may have had an impact on the

He claimed on his YouTube channel that an “incredible explosion of disinformation” has led Americans to believe falsehoods about the state of the American economy.[ing] It is extremely difficult for rational and realistic voters to act. ”

“Just as Trump and his allies have taken misogyny and xenophobia to new levels, we’ve seen them take blatant racism to new levels as well. , we see an explosion of disinformation and these three dark trends from American history that call into question the entire premise behind the keys of rationality and realism,” the historian added.

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God and CNN’s Van Jones both object to blaming the election results solely on “racism” and “sexism.”

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