JD Vance falsely claims Donald Trump didn’t lose 2020 election

Republican vice-presidential candidate makes baseless claim that big tech rigged the election'

The Republican vice-presidential candidate, JD Vance, told a reporter on Wednesday that there were serious problems" in the 2020 election and suggested for the first time that the then president Donald Trump did not actually lose the race.

Did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use," Vance said in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. But look, I really couldn't care less if you agree with me or disagree with me on this issue."

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