
Vance says ‘no’ Trump did not lose the 2020 election
CNN
Vice presidential candidate JD Vance said “no” former president Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election “by the words” the Ohio Republican would use, when asked Wednesday what message it sends to independent voters that he has not directly answered that question.
Vice presidential candidate JD Vance said “no” former president Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election “by the words” the Ohio Republican would use, when asked Wednesday what message it sends to independent voters that he has not directly answered that question. “On the election of 2020, I’ve answered this question directly a million times: No. I think there are serious problems in 2020,” Vance said at a rally in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. “So, did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use, OK?” “I really couldn’t care less if you agree or disagree with me on this issue,” the senator continued. “Here’s the thing that I focus on. Because what the media will do, they’ll focus on the court cases, or they’ll focus on some crazy conspiracy theory. What I know, what verifiably I know happened, is that in 2020, large technology companies censored Americans from talking about things like the Hunter Biden laptop story. And that had a major, major consequence on the election.” In the run up to the 2020 election, the contents of a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden were shopped to news organizations, with most newsrooms refusing to publish its contents over fears of a possible Russian disinformation effort. “Well, OK, you could say, well, let’s say your view is that happened, and we still think Trump lost, or we— that happened, and we think that means Trump won. Who cares? It happened. Censorship is bad, and that’s the substance of what we’re focused on, and that’s what we care the most about,” Vance said. Matt Corridoni, a spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, said in a statement that Vance had “finally admitted he denies the 2020 election results.”