(CNN) Amid a rambling press conference in which President Donald Trump sought, futilely, to defend his Joe Biden-focused pressure campaign in Ukraine, he diverted into some political handicapping regarding his impeachment battle and the recently concluded special elections in North Carolina.

Here's what he said:

"And I do believe that because of what they're doing with (Nancy) Pelosi and -- and their real leaders, AOC plus three. That's their real leaders -- I believe they are paying a tremendous price at the polls. We saw the first glimpse of it two weeks ago in a great state, North Carolina. We saw a great, great glimpse of what's going to happen. Because in North Carolina we had two races. One gentleman, Dan Bishop was down by 17 points with three weeks to go and he won easily.

"And the other man, as you know, Greg Murphy was up by a very little bit and won by a massive amount. 20% or something, maybe higher. So I think you got your first glimpse of what's going to happen. The big key is I have to campaign there. But if you look at what happened in North Carolina, two races we won both and won them easily. And one was almost tied. And the other one was a big, big lead. And that one turned and the tie became a landslide."

Almost nothing in that analysis is right.

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