{"id":112158,"date":"2024-10-09T13:02:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T06:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112158"},"modified":"2024-10-09T13:02:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T06:02:29","slug":"kfile-before-his-maga-conversion-vance-indicated-that-biden-won-the-2020-election-legitimately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112158","title":{"rendered":"KFile: Before his MAGA conversion, Vance indicated that Biden won the 2020 election legitimately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20lyapk000lpup96z2u4hc6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Sen. JD Vance\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/01\/politics\/video\/jan-6-walz-vance-vice-presidential-debate-digvid\">refusal to accept<\/a> the legitimacy of the 2020 election at last week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/01\/politics\/vp-debate-takeaways-vance-walz\/index.html\">vice presidential debate<\/a> culminated his years-long conversion from a Never Trump critic into a MAGA supporter.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas00043b6m1s1q6j3d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            When asked directly by Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 running mate Gov. Tim Walz if former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, Vance said, \u201cTim, I\u2019m focused on the future.\u201d Walz called the Ohio Republican\u2019s response a \u201cdamning non-answer.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas00053b6mgqbqbrwy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Vance\u2019s response was a departure from what he said in the weeks after the 2020 election, when, in a little-noticed interview, he indicated he believed that Trump had lost the election and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/the-megyn-kelly-show-1476061\/episodes\/jd-vance-on-trump-addiction-an-79810502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accepted that<\/a> Biden would be inaugurated.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas00063b6m42rvkphp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI really don\u2019t see any reason to think that this is gonna become, you know, violent or chaotic,\u201d Vance said, in a prediction that was disproven by the events of January 6, 2021. \u201cI think, you know, people certainly feel that they need to fight and they need to see this through to the end, but I think they\u2019re supportive of the president continuing the litigation.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas00073b6mmtb230qn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cBut I also don\u2019t think, frankly, these are the sorts of people who are gonna go burn up stores and set cars on fire and make life a living hell for everybody. I think that when Biden is inaugurated, people will, you know, more or less accept it and it\u2019ll be on to the next fight.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas00083b6ml4wmjesd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Vance said he felt there was hypocrisy in how Democrats had never fully accepted Trump\u2019s 2016 victory, but Republicans were asked to immediately accept Biden\u2019s win. Ultimately, Vance told podcast host Megyn Kelly in an interview that aired the last week of November 2020 that Trump supporters would accept Biden\u2019s win and people would move on when he was inaugurated.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas00093b6mt9jqtiw7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Most notably, Vance never parroted Trump\u2019s stolen election rhetoric during this time, according to a CNN KFile review of his social media activity. In fact, Vance never tweeted or liked any content related to the aftermath of the 2020 election at the time. Vance was promoting the release of the \u201cHillbilly Elegy\u201d movie, based on his bestselling book.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas000a3b6m1bpwkoq6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Likes on X \u2013 formerly Twitter \u2013 are now hidden, but CNN archived a copy of Vance\u2019s before he was picked as Trump\u2019s running mate.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20n8fll00003b6mzra7x2hm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s no secret that Senator Vance believes Big Tech rigged the 2020 election against President Trump, but JD is focused on the future,\u201d Vance spokesperson William Martin said in a statement after this story first published.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas000c3b6m51l6aoen@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the weeks after the 2020 election, Trump and his legal team launched numerous lawsuits in battleground states, promoted unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud, and repeatedly called on his supporters to reject Biden\u2019s victory \u2014 culminating in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas000d3b6m3mowcl3d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There is no evidence of massive fraud in any of those cities or around the country as Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/10\/us\/politics\/voting-fraud.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">election officials<\/a> and Trump\u2019s then-Attorney General William Barr have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/01\/politics\/william-barr-election-2020\/index.html\">acknowledged<\/a>. Trump and his supporters filed more than 60 cases in six key battleground states following the election and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/14\/politics\/conservatives-report-trump-2020-election-claims\/index.html\">lost<\/a> each one.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas000e3b6muxkr8f33@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Vance\u2019s silence during this period stands in stark contrast to Trump\u2019s aggressive efforts to overturn the election results.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas000f3b6m34oz17pm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Vance began to change his tune when running for office, however.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas000g3b6mxirmbbfj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In July 2021, he entered the Ohio Senate Republican primary under a barrage of criticism for past anti-Trump remarks, including <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KFILE\/status\/1410643663609372674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling Trump \u201creprehensible\u201d<\/a> in now-deleted tweets from 2016.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas000h3b6mrxibmnrl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Vance apologized for past anti-Trump comments and soon began parroting the former president\u2019s stolen election rhetoric during the 2022 race.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas000i3b6m9x4p1c0h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In one Republican primary debate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtol.com\/article\/news\/politics\/republicans-square-off-in-ohio-senate-race-debate\/512-3aba6f16-73d9-42d8-9e69-0153a5af9d2c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he loudly declared<\/a>, \u201cI think the election was stolen from Donald Trump.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas000j3b6medkgfaqt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In January 2022, he <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220112133150\/https:\/twitter.com\/JDVance1\/status\/1481257268469452802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked<\/a> then-Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican for his belief that Trump incited the attack on the Capitol. In comments posted on X in July 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/1460633552773603336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he criticized <\/a>those who said the \u201c2020 election was totally legitimate.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20osxas000k3b6mqqk77ods@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump\u2019s eventual endorsement of Vance in the crowded Ohio Senate primary gave the venture capitalist the credibility he needed among the former president\u2019s loyal base. The endorsement not only helped Vance overcome skepticism about his earlier Trump criticism but also propelled him ahead of his pro-Trump competitors, making him the front-runner for the GOP nomination and eventual winner of the general election in a state that twice backed Trump.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm21064as00003b6m16wsj8cp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>This story has been updated with a statement from Vance\u2019s spokesperson. <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/08\/politics\/kfile-vance-2020-election\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Sen. 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