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"Prior to this election, I was the number one vote-getter statewide with under 1.5 million votes," he explained. "This election, Trump got 1.61 [million]. No Republican has ever cracked 1.5 million. Numerous Democrats have gone over 1.6 [million] and 1.5 [million]. Just the Republican state assembly candidate got 1.661 million votes. The eight congressional candidates also got 1.661 million."
Johnson continued: "So we obviously counted enough Republican votes. The only reason Trump lost Wisconsin is that 51,000 Republican voters didn't vote for him. They voted for other Republican candidates."
But Windsor pressed on, continuing the ruse. "So you're telling me Joe Biden won this state fair and square?" she asked.
"It's certainly plausible," he said. "There's nothing obviously skewed about the results."
Needless to say, Johnson's admission was met with shock and derision from Trump's most diehard supporters: