President-elect Donald Trump pulled off what many are saying is the greatest political comeback in American history by winning a second, nonconsecutive term despite a felony conviction and the stain of Jan. 6.

Trump himself called it “a political victory that our country has never seen before” and “the greatest political movement of all time. Vice President-elect J.D. Vance went further, calling it point-blank “the greatest political comeback in American history.”

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