# Trump Election Excuses

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 19, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-election-excuses/933287 "2021-02-19T14:29:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-election-excuses/933287/1 "2021-02-19T14:29:25Z")

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From one of the Trump threads,…

> [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9897):
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> I can think of a game we could play if we were all together drinking. Someone describes the most far-out, far-flung, large or small event, and the group has to figure out how Donnie would twist it so it proves that the election was stolen from him.
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> Something like, “Earth-type salamander fossils found on Mars”  
> or  
> “Starred Michelin Chef claims he invented the Big Mac”  
> or  
> “Sinkhole appears in Utah desert and engulfs major shopping mall and sports stadium”
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> That would be fun. And result in lots of intoxication.

Well, several people took her up on that, so I thought it would make a good Thread Games thread. Take the last “headline”; envision how Trump would spin that to how the election was stolen from him; leave a new “Headline”.

I’ll start. Using ThelmaLou’s second headline,

> [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/9897):
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> “Starred Michelin Chef claims he invented the Big Mac”

“I love good food. And I know the greatest chefs. You know, I knew Paul Proudhome. Great guy. Great chef. Couldn’t make fried chicken, though. Even that Coronal from Kentucky made better chicken than him. He told me once that he invented the Big Mac, I thought it was him. Maybe it was that other guy from Louisiana. I don’t know Justin Wilson, but I guarantee he could make fried chicken. Both those guys were from Louisiana. Great state. Always had the greatest support for me. They love me down there. Don’t know anyone named Duke. I’ll bet they didn’t have any fake ballots down there. They see a Democrat, they run him out of town on a rail. Always been that way. They couldn’t steal the election from me!”

Headline: “Ted Cruz’s poodle, Schotzie, writes tell-all book”

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-election-excuses/933287/2 "2021-02-19T15:05:49Z")

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Thanks for starting this. It’s my first visit to the Thread Games forum!