Williamsport, Pennsylvania — In his most direct reply but of this election cycle, GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance mentioned he doesn’t imagine former President Donald Trump misplaced the 2020 election.
Vance’s response occurred when a reporter requested, “What message do you suppose it sends to Impartial voters when you don’t immediately reply the query, ‘Did Donald Trump lose in 2020?'”
“On the election of 2020, I’ve answered this query immediately 1,000,000 instances. No, I feel there are critical issues in 2020 so did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the phrases that I might use,” Vance mentioned.
“However look, I actually could not care much less for those who agree or disagree with me on this difficulty.”
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion in Williamsport, Pa., Oct. 16, 2024.
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In a lately resurfaced clip from Spectrum Information 1 in 2022, Vance mentioned, “Yeah, I do,” when requested if he believed the 2020 election was stolen.
President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump within the 2020 election by greater than 7 million votes.
Vance’s response comes after weeks of being requested by reporters if the previous president misplaced the 2020 election.
This previous Sunday in his interview with ABC’s Martha Raddatz, Vance continued to dodge immediately answering if Trump misplaced the 2020 election.
“Martha, you have you requested this query. I have been requested this query 10 instances previously couple of weeks. In fact, Donald Trump and I imagine there have been issues in 2020,” Vance mentioned.
Pressed once more by Raddatz, Vance replied, “I’ve mentioned repeatedly I feel the 2020 election had issues. You need to say rigged? You need to say he gained? Use no matter vocabulary time period you need.”
Former President Donald Trump speaks throughout a Univision Noticias city corridor occasion in Doral, Fla., Oct. 16, 2024.
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Taking questions from reporters at a marketing campaign occasion in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, ABC Information requested the Ohio Senator if he was involved about election misinformation may impression this election cycle, Vance mentioned he was involved.
“I speak to individuals now and again who will come as much as me and say, ‘Nicely, you already know, there are too many issues on the market. We do not belief the people who find themselves going to depend our ballots, and you already know, so I am not going to get on the market and vote.’ That is the precise reverse perspective you ought to be taking,” Vance mentioned.
Making an attempt to ease those that may need doubts concerning the election, Vance mentioned that those that will likely be working the polls on election day are the identical individuals of their neighborhood.
“Here is one thing else that I feel individuals do not understand is, for those who’re an area voter in a spot like Williamsport, the people who find themselves counting your ballots are sometimes your neighbors. And once more, it is the native elections, and particularly in our small and rural areas, it is your neighbors who’re counting these votes, it is your neighbors who’re counting these ballots.”
