宾夕法尼亚州威廉斯波特-共和党副总统候选人万斯(Sen. JD Vance)在这个选举周期中最直接的回答中表示，他不认为前总统唐纳德特朗普(Donald Trump)在2020年大选中失败。
万斯的回答发生在一名记者问道，“当你不直接回答‘唐纳德·特朗普在2020年输了吗?’这个问题时，你认为这向独立选民传递了什么信息?”"
“关于2020年的选举，我已经直接回答过这个问题一百万次了。不，我认为2020年有严重的问题，所以唐纳德·特朗普输了吗?不是用我会说的话，”万斯说。
“但是，你看，我真的不在乎你在这个问题上同意还是不同意我。”
在最近重新播放的《2022年光谱新闻1》的一个片段中，当被问及他是否认为2020年的选举被盗时，万斯说，“是的，我相信”。
乔·拜登总统在2020年的大选中以超过700万张选票的优势击败了前总统唐纳德·特朗普。
万斯的回应来了在被记者问了几个星期后如果前总统在2020年大选中落败。
上周日，万斯在接受美国广播公司(ABC)玛莎·拉达茨(Martha Raddatz)采访时，继续回避直接回答特朗普是否在2020年大选中失败。
“玛莎，你已经问过你这个问题了。在过去的几周里，这个问题已经问了我10次了。当然，唐纳德·特朗普和我认为2020年有问题，”万斯说。
Raddatz再次追问，万斯回答说，“我反复说过，我认为2020年的选举有问题。你想说作弊?你想说他赢了?想用什么词汇就用什么词汇。”
在宾夕法尼亚州威廉斯波特的一次竞选活动中，美国广播公司新闻记者问这位俄亥俄州参议员，他是否担心选举错误信息会影响这个选举周期，万斯说他很担心。
“我时不时会和一些人交谈，他们会走过来对我说，‘嗯，你知道，外面有太多的问题。我们不相信那些会给我们计票的人，你知道，所以我不会出去投票。这正是你应该采取的相反态度，”万斯说。
为了安抚那些可能对选举有疑虑的人，万斯说，在选举日将在投票站工作的人是他们社区的同一批人。
“还有一点我认为人们没有意识到的是，如果你是威廉波特这样的地方的当地选民，计算你选票的人通常是你的邻居。再说一次，是地方选举，尤其是在我们的小农村地区，是你的邻居在统计这些选票，是你的邻居在统计这些选票。”
Vance says 'no' Trump didn't lose the 2020 election
Williamsport, Pennsylvania --In his most direct answer yet of this election cycle, GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance said he does not believe former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
Vance's response occurred when a reporter asked, "What message do you think it sends to Independent voters when you do not directly answer the question, 'Did Donald Trump lose in 2020?'"
"On the election of 2020, I've answered this question directly a million times. No, I think there are serious problems in 2020 so did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use," Vance said.
"But look, I really couldn't care less if you agree or disagree with me on this issue."
In a recently resurfaced clip from Spectrum News 1 in 2022, Vance said, "Yeah, I do," when asked if he believed the 2020 election was stolen.
President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election by more than 7 million votes.
Vance's response comesafter weeks of being asked by reportersif the former president lost the 2020 election.
This past Sunday in his interview with ABC's Martha Raddatz, Vance continued to dodge directly answering if Trump lost the 2020 election.
"Martha, you've you asked this question. I've been asked this question 10 times in the past couple of weeks. Of course, Donald Trump and I believe there were problems in 2020," Vance said.
Pressed again by Raddatz, Vance replied, "I've said repeatedly I think the 2020 election had problems. You want to say rigged? You want to say he won? Use whatever vocabulary term you want."
Taking questions from reporters at a campaign event in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, ABC News asked the Ohio Senator if he was concerned about election misinformation could impact this election cycle, Vance said he was concerned.
"I talk to people every now and then who will come up to me and say, 'Well, you know, there are too many problems out there. We don't trust the people who are going to count our ballots, and you know, so I'm not going to get out there and vote.' That's the exact opposite attitude you should be taking," Vance said.
Trying to ease those who might have doubts about the election, Vance said that those who will be working the polls on election day are the same people in their community.
"Here's something else that I think people don't realize is, if you're a local voter in a place like Williamsport, the people who are counting your ballots are often your neighbors. And again, it's the local elections, and especially in our small and rural areas, it's your neighbors who are counting these votes, it's your neighbors who are counting these ballots."
