In the months since he became Donald Trump ‘s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance has repeatedly deflected questions about whether the Republican presidential nominee lost the 2020 election,
Given the importance of that last role, we should not be at all surprised that, when he finally offered a concrete position after weeks of asking, Vance asserted that Trump had in fact not lost the 2020 presidential election. He attempted to rationalize and defend his response, as we will explain in a moment, but that’s all irrelevant.
The answer was the most specific Vance has been on the subject, and a departure from the series of evasions he has offered about the 2020 election.
In his most direct answer yet of this election cycle, vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance said he doesn't believe former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election
JD Vance has finally given a straight answer as to whether or not he believes Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said Wednesday that former President Trump did not lose in 2020 “by the words that I would use” — some of his most extensive comments yet on the subject of the last presidential election results.
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 at a rally Wednesday what message it sends to independent voters that he has not directly answered that question.
Republican vice-presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) asserted that former president Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election on Oct. 16. (Video: The Washington Post)
Trump will speak at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner, which raises money for Catholic charities. His running mate, Vance, is in Pittsburgh for a campaign event at 12:30 p.m. ET. Pennsylvania is seen as a must-win state for either campaign as it has the most electoral votes, 19, of all the battleground states.