[Ads-l] odd sequence of tenses

[Jonathan Lighter]

David Axelrod, former Obama official, on CNN:

"If there had not been a coronavirus in 2020,  Trump probably wins that
election."

Note the formality of "had not" before the weirdness sets in.

JL



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