Vance denies Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election

During the vice presidential debate, Republican nominee JD Vance refused to acknowledge that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and downplayed the seriousness of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. He avoided addressing whether he would challenge the results of this year’s election. Democratic nominee Tim Walz pressed Vance to affirm Trump’s loss, criticizing his non-answer as a reflection of Trump’s world. Walz emphasized the importance of honesty regarding the attack on Jan. 6 and criticized those engaging in revisionist history. Vance shifted the conversation to past elections and social media censorship, comparing Trump’s false claims to protests following his win over Hillary Clinton in 2016. He also accused Vice President Kamala Harris of wanting to censor misinformation, considering it a bigger threat to democracy than anything in the past 40 years. Walz and Vance disagreed on the significance of Jan. 6, with Walz seeing it as a threat to democracy due to Trump’s refusal to accept defeat. Walz highlighted the weapons and tools carried by Trump supporters during the attack and the subsequent convictions related to it. The debate revealed stark differences between the candidates on issues related to the election, Jan. 6 attack, and the impact of misinformation on democracy.

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