From the WV GOP:

RELEASE: Red Wave Delivers Clear Republican Mandate https://t.co/V2DkD2MAI9

— WVGOP (@WVGOP) November 12, 2024

And here is the elected Republican representative from Congressional District 2 sparing no hyperboles:

This is the greatest political comeback story in the history of our country. The American people gave a very clear mandate to enact President Trump’s America First agenda.

I’m eager to get to Washington and kick off this Great American Recovery. Time to get to work! pic.twitter.com/YnqowQB6rM

— Riley Moore (@RileyMooreWV) November 12, 2024

And my favorite post is from this year’s failed Republican AG candidate*:

A week and a half in and it’s already time to remind radical liberals- IT WAS A LANDSLIDE! Electoral & popular vote MANDATE! The crazies need to “get over it!” His cabinet reflects the MANDATE the voters delivered! ⁦@WVGOP⁩ ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ https://t.co/qA8IsiyLa8

— Mike Stuart (@MikeStuartWV) November 15, 2024

As I write this, most sources have Trump getting less than half of the votes cast: 49.8%. The Council on Foreign Relations put this into perspective on Friday:

Indeed, by historical standards Trump’s victory is unimpressive. Consider the following: His margin of victory in the popular vote—which will be at most 1.6 percentage points when all the votes are counted—is the fifth smallest of the thirty-two presidential races held since 1900. More people in 2024 voted for a candidate not named Trump than did. A shift of roughly 235,000 votes in the right combination in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin would have elected Harris. And while Trump increased his vote total by 2.7 million in 2024 compared to 2020, he still fell more than four million short of the number that Biden won four years ago.

49.8%. That's quite a mandate!

*Stuart has apparently adopted Trump’s belief that you can make something be true by simply putting it in all caps.