Republican vice-presidential candidate makes baseless claim that ā€˜big tech rigged the electionā€™

The Republican vice-presidential candidate, JD Vance,Ā toldĀ a reporter on Wednesday that there were ā€œserious problemsā€ in the 2020 election and suggested for the first time that the then president Donald Trump did not actually lose the race.

ā€œDid Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use,ā€ Vance said in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. ā€œBut look, I really couldnā€™t 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: ā€œI think that big tech rigged the election in 2020. Thatā€™s my view. And if you disagree with me, thatā€™s 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 ā€œacknowledge that Trump did not win in 2020ā€ and he ā€œrefused to say soā€.


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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    ā€˜big tech rigged the electionā€™

    Isnā€™t Vance fully in bed with Musk, Thiel, Andreessen, and a cavalcade of similarly minded fash-brained techbros?

    ā€œBut look, I really couldnā€™t care less if you agree with me or disagree with me on this issue.ā€

    Sipping a white russian while wearing a dirty bathrobe and insisting that election results are just, like, your opinion man.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      Sipping a white russian while wearing a dirty bathrobe and insisting that election results are just, like, your opinion man.

      Iā€™m sure The Dude would not abide this comparison

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        19 days ago

        This dude most certainly does not abide.

        Like, most of the time I do.

        Just not in this particular instance.

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      ā€˜big tech rigged the electionā€™

      Isnā€™t Vance fully in bed with Musk, Thiel, Andreessen, and a cavalcade of similarly minded fash-brained techbros?

      Thatā€™s the G and the P in GOP. They are literally trying to rig the election with the help of a bunch of billionaire tech bros, but itā€™s totally okay because ā€œDemocrats did it firstā€

      And since the last election was over 1,000 news cycles ago, nobody will question whether thatā€™s actually what happened.