Something has been bugging me about the Vance-Walz conversation. JD Vance won that confrontation easily, but during an exchange about the 2020 election, Tim Walz asked Vance, “Did he [ Trump ] lose the 2020 election? ” Vance missed an opportunity with that topic.
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“Tim, I’m focused on the future, ” Vance replied. “Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their head in the midst of the 2020 COVID position? ”
WALZ: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 vote?
VANCE: Tim, I’m focused on the future
WALZ: That’s a scathing non-answer pic. tweets. com/D6tVg8HOFC
— Aaron Rupar ( @atrupar ) October 2, 2024
There was a better response.
George Stephanopoulos asked House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La. ) a related question about the 2020 election during a recent appearance on ABC’s “This Week. “
“Can you say, unequivocally, that Joe Biden won the 2020 vote? ” Stephanopoulos asked.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You you state firmly that Joe Biden won the 2020 election and Trump lost?
MIKE JOHNSON: Observe, this is the sport that is always played by major media with major Republicans. It’s a gotcha sport.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So like Vance, you ca n’t say … pic. tweets. com/0vFnZHi4a3
— Aaron Rupar ( @atrupar ) October 6, 2024
Suddenly, there was a better response.
Both people should have used the opportunity to point out the duplicity of the problem because there are many Democrats who have claimed, and also claim without proof, that Russia stole the 2016 for Donald Trump. There was never any proof of Trump engaging with Russia— had there been any evidence of collusion, the studies by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, and Special Counsel John Durham most definitely would have found it, yet none of them did. Nor was there any proof of changed vote. Democrats created the lie because they simply could n’t process the idea that Trump had won the election.
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Why have n’t Republicans learned that they can simply turn the text on this topic?
Vance, as great as he was in that debate, may have told Walz, “Perhaps you should ask your running mate, Kamala Harris, whether she also thinks that Donald Trump is an illegal leader. “
Because that ’s what she said.
FLASHBACK: When @KamalaHarris said @realDonaldTrump was an illegitimate leader and Russia stole the 2016 election.
No one ever asks her about that. photograph. tweets. com/RgBqo2ZomZ
— Matt Margolis ( @mattmargolis ) October 9, 2024
Johnson was easily had done the same thing; he may have asked Stephanopoulos whether he’s always asked the same question of the many Democrats who also insist that Trump stole the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton. Adam Schiff notably claimed he privately saw the facts, which, of course, was a lie. Clinton also claims that Trump “stole ” the 2016 election from her.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre likewise believes that Trump stole the 2016 election from Hillary, as does Nancy Pelosi. Perhaps Joe Biden agreed with a supporter of his who told him she thought Trump was an illegitimate leader. Biden also believes that Al Gore won the 2000 presidential vote.
At a charity for Massachusetts Senate candidate Ed Markey in 2013, then-Vice President Biden praised Al Gore, who was in presence, and declared that Gore was the legitimate winner of the 2000 vote.
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” This person was elected president of the United States of America,” Biden reportedly said.
“But, for the good of the nation, when the poor selection, in my view, was made, he did the right thing for the region, ” Biden said of the Supreme Court ruling halting the infinite recounts.
Vance and Johnson missed important opportunities to identify the dual standard Democrats have lengthy employed. For decades, Democrats have questioned the legitimacy of votes they’ve lost, but Republicans aren’t also allowed to raise legitimate concerns about an poll that had obvious problems.
This was also a great opportunity to show how questioning the 2020 election outcomes became premises for repression and monetisation by Big Tech, properly stripping Americans of their First Amendment rights. Why is it suitable for Democrats to say that Russia stole the 2016 poll or that George W. Bush stole the 2000 election, but anyone who dares problem the justice of the 2020 election is silenced? The duplicity was n’t become more obvious.
If they turn the text, it gives them the best chance to redefine the 2020 vote debate. They may say, “Both Democrats and Republicans have questioned election result when their part lost. That’s why we need commonsense election integrity measures, but all — regardless of party — you believe the benefits, no matter who wins. ”
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That’s how you win the exchange, and I do n’t understand why Republicans have n’t figured this out yet.
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