After weeks of mealy-mouthed avoidance, vice presidential candidate JD Vance finally this week directly answered the question of whether Donald Trump lost the 2020 election: no. His exact languages was a question: “So, did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use, OK?” He said a good deal more to hedge and expand on that answer, but none of that matters as much as the sentiment, with which Vance definitively entered the ranks of the election denialists.
Originally Published: October 19, 2024 at 4:05 a.m.