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In response to an <\/em>unearthed video<\/em><\/a> of JD Vance falsely claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election \u2013 a question Vance refused to answer on the debate stage this week \u2013 <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJD Vance is so desperate to be a loyal MAGA soldier for Donald Trump that he can\u2019t admit the truth: Trump got crushed in the 2020 election by over 7 million votes and is still running on the same losing playbook. Since Trump\u2019s loss four years ago, both he and Vance have consistently attacked our democracy by spreading baseless lies, whitewashing January 6, and refusing to commit to accepting this year\u2019s election results. While the Trump-Vance ticket continues to spew dangerous election denialism, the American people are ready to defend our democracy and chart a new way forward by electing Vice President Harris and Governor Walz.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHOT: JD Vance falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the 2020 election in an unearthed video.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cVideo Shows JD Vance Saying Trump Won the 2020 Election\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJD Vance claimed Donald Trump won the 2020 election in an unearthed clip from 2022. The video\u2026 comes days after Vance refused to outright admit that Trump lost the race against Joe Biden during the CBS News vice presidential debate.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHASER: Trump got smoked in 2020 and lost by more than 7 million votes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the debate stage this week, Vance REFUSED to admit that Trump lost the 2020 election while whitewashing January 6 and declining to say if he would challenge this November\u2019s election results.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Damning non-answer\u2019: Vance refuses to acknowledge Trump lost the 2020 election\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJD Vance refused to acknowledge that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election<\/strong> during the vice presidential debate Tuesday and downplayed the seriousness of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol<\/strong>, which injured more than 140 law enforcement officers. He also declined to say whether he would seek to challenge the results of this year’s election.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance refuses to say Trump lost in 2020, downplays events of Jan. 6\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cVance refuses to admit that Trump lost the 2020 election\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVance omitted Trump\u2019s attacks on his then-Vice President Mike Pence while a violent riot raged, as well as his months of fomenting false claims that the election was stolen and urging his supporters to \u2018stop the steal.\u2019<\/strong> \u2026 Vance has previously said in interviews that he would have done in 2020 what Pence refused to do: facilitate challenges to the election at the Jan. 6 session of Congress, despite constitutional and legal restraints meant to prevent it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cWhen asked if he would challenge this year’s election results, Ohio Sen. JD Vance avoided a direct answer, instead defending Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance is an extreme election denier with a pattern of not committing to accepting this November\u2019s election results, saying he would not have certified the 2020 election, and continuing to whitewash the violent January 6 insurrection.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201c[Vance] said he would accept a Biden win only if he considered the election to be legitimate. \u2026 Vance\u2019s comments illustrate a new tactic by Republican lawmakers, who are now placing conditions on accepting election results.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cJ.D. Vance Says He Would Accept the Election Results, With a Caveat\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spectrum News<\/a>: \u201cVance again says he wouldn\u2019t have certified 2020 election<\/strong> if he was vice president\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance says [he] wouldn\u2019t have certified 2020 race until states submitted pro-Trump electors\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201c[Vance] has said that, unlike Vice President Mike Pence in 2020, he would have helped Mr. Trump overturn the results<\/strong>, by accepting Trump electors that had not been elected by voters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201c[Vance] has asserted that the 2020 presidential race was stolen from Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance<\/a>: \u201cI think the entire post-2020 thing would have gone a lot better if there had actually been an effort to provide alternative slates of electors<\/strong>, and to force us to have that debate. I think it would\u2019ve been a much better thing for the country. \u2026 [Trump] was trying to take a constitutional process to its natural conclusion.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it would\u2019ve been extraordinarily disappointing to a whole host of people that I care a lot about if Trump had just taken it [and conceded the 2020 election before January 6].\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance<\/a>: \u201cNo real Republican with any credibility in the party is still blaming [Trump for January 6].\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance says he is \u2018skeptical\u2019 Pence\u2019s life was in danger on Jan. 6\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201c[Vance] downplayed the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol<\/strong>, when Pence was forced to evacuate the building as rioters called for his hanging.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to an unearthed video of JD Vance falsely claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election \u2013 a question Vance refused to answer on the debate stage this week \u2013 DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:  \u201cJD Vance is so desperate to be a loyal MAGA soldier for Donald Trump that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDOUBLE DOWN: JD Vance Falsely Said Donald Trump Won the 2020 Election (That He Lost By Over 7 Million Votes) - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/double-down-jd-vance-falsely-said-donald-trump-won-the-2020-election-that-he-lost-by-over-7-million-votes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-04T18:48:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/double-down-jd-vance-falsely-said-donald-trump-won-the-2020-election-that-he-lost-by-over-7-million-votes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/double-down-jd-vance-falsely-said-donald-trump-won-the-2020-election-that-he-lost-by-over-7-million-votes\/\",\"name\":\"DOUBLE DOWN: JD Vance Falsely Said Donald Trump Won the 2020 Election (That He Lost By Over 7 Million Votes) - 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