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Republican vice-presidential candidate makes baseless claim that ‘big tech rigged the election’

The Republican vice-presidential candidate, JD Vance, told a reporter on Wednesday that there were "serious problems" in the 2020 election and suggested for the first time that the then president Donald Trump did not actually lose the race.

“Did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use,” Vance said in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. “But look, I really couldn’t care less if you agree with me or disagree with me on this issue.”

He was pressed on his response by a reporter later in the day on another campaign stop in Wilmington, North Carolina, saying: "I think that big tech rigged the election in 2020. That's my view. And if you disagree with me, that's fine."

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 “acknowledge that Trump did not win in 2020” and he “refused to say so”.


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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If he didn’t lose the last election then he’s ineligible to run in this one. Take him off the ballots.

[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I get the impulse to push back with this "well then he isn't eligible to run cause he's had two terms" but it just enables their argument. "The election was stolen so he never got to Serve his second term blah blah blah"

The dudes a fucking clown and a crook and has no business in the white house, but saying stuff like this just gives them ammo for their bullshit.

Edit: I know they're going to find something to bitch about regardless, but my point it let's not make it as easy as this. Let them keep grasping at straws like they have been with Walz.

Edit 2: Just realized I responded to the post and not the comment that I'm talking about. Edited to add clarity...