JD Vance in 2016: Election Denier Rhetoric "Really, Really Worries Me"
Vance once expressed concern over Trump’s claims of vote rigging but now asserts that Trump didn’t lose the 2020 election.
Written for MeidasTouch by J.D. Wolf
In footage reviewed by MeidasTouch, during an October 2016 Aspen Institute panel, JD Vance voiced unease about rhetoric, such as Trump’s, that questioned election legitimacy. Addressing an audience member’s question, Vance said:
“I think the delegitimization of election results is something I worry a lot about... That really, really worries me.”
These remarks stand in stark contrast to Vance’s recent comments after becoming Trump’s vice-presidential pick. At a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Vance denied Trump’s 2020 loss, saying:
“I think there were serious problems in 2020. Did Trump lose? Not the way I’d put it.”
JD Vance: “The delegitimization of the election results is something that I worry a ton about”
In a New York Times interview this month, Vance refused to acknowledge Trump’s defeat and stated that, had he been vice president on January 6th, he wouldn’t have certified the electoral vote, instead calling for alternate electors and holding a debate.
Vance’s transformation is evident. In 2016, he referred to Trump as “a bad person” and criticized his rhetoric as “anti-American.”
His previous statements reveal the extent of his shift in stance to align with the MAGA base and secure political power.
As an outside foriegn observer it appears JD Vance can no longer be considered as reliable, like Lindsey Graham or Mitch M'cConnell, they appear to change like the wind, their ship tossed and buffeted and go any which way it takes them. Holding course no longer suits their agendas.
To be Trump’s running mate, no matter what other incentives were offered to Trump by Heritage, Thiel&Musk,
JD Vance had to be an election denier. JDV had to abandon the U.S. constitution, not certify an election Trump lost