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ARTICLE VIEW:
Vance says ‘no’ Trump did not lose the 2020 election
By Kit Maher, CNN
Updated:
8:23 PM EDT, Wed October 16, 2024
Source: CNN
Vice presidential candidate said “no” former president 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 .
“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 , with most newsrooms refusing to publish its
contents over fears of a .
“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.”
“As Governor (Tim) Walz said on the debate stage weeks ago, Donald
Trump selected Vance for this exact reason – he knows Vance will be a
loyal soldier in Trump’s pursuit for absolute, unchecked, limitless
power,” Corridoni said.
Vance said at the rally he cares more about what happened with
President Joe Biden and Harris’ leadership over the past
three-and-a-half years, returning to issues facing Pennsylvania voters.
“I think I’ve been asked probably eight or nine questions about
2020, and I give an honest answer, because I think it’s important to
ask the question or answer the questions that are asked. But how many
questions have been have I been asked about why Pennsylvanians can’t
afford gasoline?” Vance said.
He said the Trump-Vance message to independents, Democrats and
Republicans is “if you want a secure southern border and you want to
be able to afford the American dream again, Donald Trump and I have a
plan for you, and we will fight for you.”
Later Wednesday, pressed on why he finally answered “no” he
doesn’t believe Trump lost the 2020 election, Vance gave a similar
response, saying he’s answered the question for years and the
American media should focus on problems facing voters.
“I’m sure there are as many opinions about the — about what
happened four years ago as there are people in this audience,” Vance
said at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina. “If you disagree with
me on an issue, or you disagree with me about what I just said, or you
disagree about a particular policy view of the Trump administration,
that’s fine, because I believe in the United States of America,
it’s OK to disagree. What I think that we’re all united on is that
we need to get Kamala Harris out of the Oval Office so that Americans
can afford to live a good life again.”
When by The New York Times in an interview over the weekend, Vance
did not say “yes” or “no” that Trump lost the election.
“I think that Donald Trump and I have both raised a number of issues
with the 2020 election, but we’re focused on the future,” Vance
told the Times. “I think there’s an obsession here with focusing on
2020. I’m much more worried about what happened after 2020, which is
a wide-open border, groceries that are unaffordable.”
that, in the weeks after the 2020 election, Vance indicated he
believed that Trump had lost the election and Joe Biden would be
inaugurated.
This story has been updated with additional reporting.
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