In winning both the Electoral College and the popular vote, President-elect Donald Trump’s impressive showing while losing his native state of New York likely has been overshadowed.

Trump lost New York by less than 12 percentage points despite the state including twice as many Democrats than Republicans.

“I made a joke. I thought that his numbers in New York probably made him happier than anywhere else because instead of losing by more than 20 points, he only lost by [about] 10,” Newsmax’s Tom Basile said on Wednesday’s “Wake Up America.”

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