Republican vice-presidential candidate makes baseless claim that ābig tech rigged the electionā
The Republican vice-presidential candidate, JD Vance,Ā toldĀ a reporter on Wednesday that there were āserious problemsā in the 2020 election and suggested for the first time that the then president Donald Trump did not actually lose the race.
āDid Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use,ā Vance said in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. āBut look, I really couldnāt care less if you agree with me or disagree with me on this issue.ā
He was pressed on hisĀ responseĀ by a reporter later in the day on another campaign stop in Wilmington, North Carolina, saying: āI think that big tech rigged the election in 2020. Thatās my view. And if you disagree with me, thatās fine.ā
The response comes in the wake of a non-response earlier this month, when during an interview with the New York Times, Vance was reportedly given five opportunities to āacknowledge that Trump did not win in 2020ā and he ārefused to say soā.
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Anyone surprised is a moron. He has been slow walking to this for a few weeks. tRumps camp probably leaned on him.
Election denialism isnāt about intelligence, its about propaganda. Keep repeating that any election you lose is illegitimate, and you build a groundswell of popular support for your next attempt to overthrow an election whose results you donāt like.
Also, a very real possibility that Trump wins this thing and still insists the elections were rigged. With a six-seat SCOTUS that seems willing to play ball on dismantling democratic institutions, its possible for an incoming Trump regime to force out downballot Dem officials in any state thatās remotely contested.
And the best part is that itāll all be ālegalā from a purely textualist reading of the actions, because the folks interpreting the law are all Trump cronies.
The even ābesterā part is that Democrats wonāt even be able to vociferously complain about the Republicans real theft of the election because the Republicans have so thoroughly poisoned the well on that issue with their false claims of it. So the Democrats will fail to do what is necessary to stop the fascist takeover and America will be screwed forever.
at this point if youāre a politician siding with trump, youāre either all-in on him winning, or your career in politics is finished by default anyway
trump says jump, they say how high