After months of sidestepping, JD Vance finally made it clear: he doesn’t believe Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. At a rally in Pennsylvania, when asked if he thought Trump had lost, Vance responded directly, “No,” marking a departure from his previous approach of avoiding the question. Vance has hinted for weeks at skepticism about the election’s integrity, but he doubled down on his views Wednesday, emphasizing “serious problems” with the 2020 election process.
Throughout his vice-presidential campaign, Vance has pivoted from addressing past elections, typically shifting to issues of censorship, big tech, and economic challenges facing Americans today. He argues that “censorship,” particularly regarding the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story, impacted the election results. “I think big tech rigged the election in 2020,” Vance stated, calling out Democrats and the media for focusing on 2020 instead of what he claims matter more to Americans: “gas prices, energy independence, and groceries.”
Pressed further, Vance clarified his current stance, emphasizing that he believes measures taken since 2020 will secure this year’s election. “I’m not worried about it,” he remarked, pointing to changes that he feels ensure every “legal ballot is cast and counted.”
While Vance’s directness on the 2020 election may reassure some supporters, his insistence that big tech and censorship played a central role underscores a continued campaign narrative of distrust in the media and tech industries. For now, his message is clear: he wants to focus on 2024, dismissing further questions about 2020 as a “distraction from the real issues.”
