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JD Vance says Trump did not lose the 2020 US election

Trump falsely claims 2020 election loss due to widespread voter fraud despite no evidence.

JD Vance says Trump did not lose the 2020 US election

Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance speaks at Tucson Speedway in Tucson, Arizona, U.S. October 9, 2024.

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After dodging the issue for weeks, Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance said unequivocally on Wednesday he believes false claims that Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election.

Taking questions from reporters at a campaign event in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Vance was again asked if Trump lost to President Joe Biden four years ago.

“On the election of 2020, I've answered this question directly a million times. No! I think there are serious problems in 2020,” Vance said. “So, did Donald Trump lose the election in 2020? Not by the words that I would use.”

Trump, the Republican candidate for president in 2024, continues to falsely claim that he lost the 2020 election due to extensive voter fraud, a view shared by millions of his supporters. Numerous inquiries, however, have found no evidence of fraud.

During his current run for president, Trump has suggested he will challenge the results if he does not prevail in the Nov. 5 contest against Democrat Kamala Harris, the US vice president.

That led Walz to rebuke him. “That’s a damning non-answer,” he said.

In Williamsport, Vance said he was not espousing “some crazy conspiracy theory” in arguing Trump won. Instead, he blamed the election outcome on online censorship by large tech companies.

Pennsylvania is considered perhaps the most critical of the seven battleground states that will determine the election.

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