'Damning non-answer': Tim Walz busts J.D. Vance for refusing to say Trump lost in 2020

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) called out Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) for what he called a "damning non-answer" when asked who won the 2020 presidential election.

During the only vice presidential debate of 2024, Vance deflected questions about the Capitol riot that former President Donald Trump incited on Jan. 6, 2021.

"Hillary Clinton in 2016 said that Donald Trump had the election stolen by Vladimir Putin because the Russians bought like $500,000 worth of Facebook ads," Vance said. "This has been going on for a long time and if we want to say that we need to respect the results of the election, I'm on board."

Walz pointed out the difference between Clinton's remarks and the riot on Jan. 6.

"This was a threat to our democracy in a way that we had not seen and it manifested itself because of Donald Trump's inability to say he is still saying he didn't lose the election," Walz said. "I would just ask that. Did he lose the 2020 election?"

"Tim, I'm focused on the future," Vance replied. "Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 COVID situation?"

"That is a damning non-answer," Walz noted.

"It's a damning non-answer for you to not talk about censorship," Vance argued. "Obviously Donald Trump and I think that there were problems in 2020."

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Walz concluded by noting that Trump's former vice president, Mike Pence, stood up to him and refused to overturn the 2020 election.

"Will you keep your oath of office even if the president doesn't?" he asked Vance. "So America, I think you've got a really clear choice on this election of who's gonna honor that democracy and who's gonna honor Donald Trump."

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