{"id":1029941,"date":"2024-03-07T19:38:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T19:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1029941"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:56:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:56:42","slug":"trumps-vp-litmus-test-election-denialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-vp-litmus-test-election-denialism\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s VP Litmus Test: Election Denialism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Donald Trump\u2019s vice presidential contenders trying to out-MAGA each other with election denialism, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump has a clear litmus test for any potential running mates: total loyalty to Trump above democracy and the Constitution. To win Trump\u2019s veepstakes, candidates have to embrace his denial of the 2020 election results, cast doubt on this November\u2019s results, and refuse to certify future elections \u2013 and his VP contenders have been more than happy to do so. Trump tried to reject the will of the voters in 2020 after he got crushed and lost to President Biden by more than 7 million votes. Now, it\u2019s clear that both Trump and whatever MAGA extremist he picks for VP will only double down on his baseless claims and continue to put our democracy on the line in this election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW: Byron Donalds became the latest VP contender to refuse to commit to certifying election results.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cByron Donalds<\/strong> wouldn’t commit to certifying election results as Trump’s VP\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrump and his allies will want a VP pick that is more willing to comply with the former president’s wishes<\/strong>, which former Vice President Pence rejected by certifying the 2020 results. \u2018If you have state officials who are violating the election law in their states … then no, I would not,\u2019 Donalds said when asked if he would certify the 2028 results as vice president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s veepstakes competition is a race to the bottom to see who can embrace his extreme and dangerous election denialism.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cSen. Tim Scott<\/strong> declines to say whether he would\u2019ve certified 2020 election results if he were vice president\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump VP contender Tim Scott<\/strong> doesn\u2019t want to talk about vice president\u2019s role in certifying election\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cNoem<\/strong> refuses to say whether Biden victory was free and fair\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cStefanik<\/strong> pre-emptively declines to commit to accepting 2024 election results\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cElise Stefanik<\/strong> Auditions for VP: \u2018I Would Not Have Done What Mike Pence Did\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaitlan Collins, CNN<\/a>: \u201cNorth Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum<\/strong>, who Trump said yesterday would do \u2018a great job\u2019 as VP, does not answer when I asked if he thought Mike Pence did the right thing on Jan. 6.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neil Cavuto, Fox News<\/a>: \u201cWould you have done what Mike Pence did [to certify the 2020 election results on January 6]?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben Carson<\/strong>: \u201cMike Pence spent a lot of time laboring over that. \u2026 I think it would’ve been appropriate perhaps to look at all of the alternatives very seriously because there was significant controversy about what had happened in the election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cavuto: “You believe what Mike Pence did, ultimately the decision he made ultimately, was right or not?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carson: “Well, I believe he tried to do what was right. \u2026 I think the right thing would have been to try to focus on having a process that is legitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance<\/strong> says he’s wouldn’t have certified 2020 race until states submitted pro-Trump electors\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Donald Trump\u2019s vice presidential contenders trying to out-MAGA each other with election denialism, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:  \u201cDonald Trump has a clear litmus test for any potential running mates: total loyalty to Trump above democracy and the Constitution. 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