Former Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb sent a rare tweet Tuesday, poking fun at former President Bill Clinton’s recent statement that he won the 1992 presidential election in a “landslide.”
“Bill Clinton reminds media that he won by a ‘landslide’ in electoral college,” the former Virginia senator tweeted. “Let’s remember he won only 43 percent of the popular vote.”
Bill Clinton reminds media that he won by a “landslide” in electoral college. Let’s remember he won only 43 percent of the popular vote.
— Jim Webb (@JimWebbUSA) December 20, 2016
Clinton’s comment came during a Q-and-A session at an event in New York earlier this month. The former president disputed the notion that Trump, who had a major advantage in the Electoral College but lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes, won the election by a landslide.
“Landslide? I got something like 370 electoral votes. That was a landslide,” Clinton said.
Clinton got the plurality of the vote in the 1992 election, with 43 percent of the vote. The remainder of the vote was split between then-President George H.W. Bush, who got 37.4 percent, and independent candidate Ross Perot, who won 18.9 percent.
Trump, meanwhile, got about 46.1 percent of the popular vote to Hillary Clinton’s 48.2 percent.
