Democrat U.S. House candidate Jon Ossoff may have come in second place in a two-person race, but he held his participation trophy high on Tuesday night.

After his loss to Karen Handel was declared by news outlets, Ossoff took to Twitter:

“For months,” he tweeted, “this community in Georgia has been a beacon of hope for people across the country.”

“A beacon of hope” for people mostly in California and New York, according to donor records.

The Daily Caller reported:

Only about 3.5 percent of Ossoff’s $15 million reported fundraising total came from within Georgia, according the Atlanta Journal Constitution. More than 14 percent came from California and New York.

Nevertheless, he persisted to claim his moral victory.

“We showed the world that in places no one even thought it was possible to fight, we can fight. And we will fight,” he said.

Handel defeated Ossoff in the district by a wider margin than Donald Trump bested Hillary Clinton in November, so in reality, pretty much everyone thought it was possible for Ossoff to win.

That same minute, Ossoff tweeted, “It’s extraordinary what this community has achieved — an unprecedented grassroots effort.”

It’s not clear what he would call the effort of the winning candidate. Ultra-unprecedented?

Perhaps more humorous than Ossoff’s moral victory declaration is the faces on the CNN panelists as yet another defeat set in:

When Donald Trump said during the campaign we’d get tired of losing, who ever thought he’d seriously be putting that theory to the test?