Hillary Clinton did not win the popular vote

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Dear Editor,
Mr AA Fenty in his column ‘Frankly Speaking’ of June 6, 2008, highlighted in bold ink that “Hillary won more people’s popular, actual votes” (than Barack Obama). Really? It would be interesting for him to cite his source. Until he does that, I would say that Mr Fenty is guilty of cavalier journalism, in this instance, by repeating a falsehood that emanated from Hillary Clinton and her surrogates……


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