US presidential election 2024: Barstool Sports’s Dave Portnoy hails Donald Trump win as ‘clear endorsement for Republicans’

Podcaster and political commentator Dave Portnoy celebrated Donald Trump’s presidential election victory, declaring it a “total endorsement for Republicans and Trump” and a clear rejection of the Democratic Party’s approach.

In a video shared on social media, Portnoy emphasised that Trump not only won the electoral vote but also led in the popular vote, calling the results a decisive shift in public sentiment.

“He just didn’t win. He won for fun: he won the electoral, he won the popular vote, he got more votes than last time,” Portnoy said in an Instagram video posted early Wednesday. “Just a total ringing endorsement for the Republicans and Donald Trump and an indictment against the Democrats.”

The Fox News Decision Desk projected Trump as the winner on Wednesday after crucial victories in battleground states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Portnoy attributed Trump’s success to what he saw as a flawed Democratic strategy that alienated moderate and Independent voters.

“The Democrats gave us no choice,” he continued. “That was the worst campaign, and the pure arrogance and the moral superiority have driven people away. If you say you’re voting for Trump, suddenly you’re a Nazi, you’re Hitler, you’re garbage. Enough. Enough!”

Portnoy criticised the Democrats for what he described as divisive rhetoric. “Millions and millions and millions of people voted for Trump,” he said. “He won clearly. He won decisively.”

He added that the Democrats’ language cast Trump supporters in a negative light, further alienating voters. “So when you call us that, you’re calling the majority of the country ‘racists, Hitlers, Nazis,’” Portnoy said. “You are alienating all this middle-ground people by acting like you’re better than us, smarter than us, and frankly insulting our intelligence.”

Addressing the campaign led by Vice President Kamala Harris, Portnoy claimed it was focused too much on portraying Trump as a “threat to democracy” and relied on fear-based messaging. “It’s garbage,” he asserted. “Tonight is on the Democrats. Congratulations Donald Trump, I voted for him. I felt I had no choice but to vote for him because of the campaign that the Democrats ran.”

Portnoy ended with a direct message to the Democratic Party, accusing them of isolating voters. “You’re alienating half of the country. More of it,” he concluded.