Trump's lead gets sliced in half in Michigan before a stunned CNN team's sleep-deprived eyes
Published Date: 11/4/2020
Source: news.yahoo.com
Hang onto your coffee mugs! Early Wednesday morning, former Vice President Joe Biden cut President Trump's lead in Michigan nearly in half, leaving the bleary crew covering the election at CNN rubbing the sleep from their eyes to try to grasp what was going on.CNN's Chris Cuomo and Phil Mattingly were routinely discussing Michigan's vote tally when their electoral map updated in real time to show Trump's roughly 60,000-vote lead sliced to 26,000, Mediaite reports. "Look," Mattingly said, momentarily stunned by the numbers, toggling with the map to confirm he was reading it right. "Donald Trump just took the lead. Donald Trump now ahead -- didn't take the lead, sorry, it's been a long night. The lead narrowed. The lead narrowed."Cuomo jumped in to clarify. "A little headline for you, since a lot of numbers come at once. We just had a change in the state of play in Michigan." According to both CNN and Fox News, that's major -- because if Biden manages to beat Trump in Wisconsin as well as the Wolverine State, then he'll be "the next president." Watch the full clip at Mediaite. > When you have to put the coffee cup down, you know sh*t's getting real. > > And it is. Michigan is now seriously in play for Biden. USElection @ChrisCuomo @CNN pic.twitter.com/bhyneBgySj> > -- Billi FitzSimons (@BilliFitzSimons) November 4, 2020More stories from theweek.com Biden is now projected to receive more votes for president than any other candidate in U.S. history Trump blames nonexistent 'surprise ballot dumps' for growing Biden margins Polling was terrible again. It isn't going anywhere.