JD Vance and Tim Walz face off in the vice president debate: Latest updates

Earlier this year, Vance said he would have allowed congressional Republicans to steal the 2020 election from Trump.

But when asked about Trump's attempt to steal the election on Tuesday – Norah O'Donnell asked whether Vance would challenge a Trump loss again this year – Vance dodged the question entirely.

Here's what Vance said to ABC News in February (emphasis added): “If I had been vice president, I would have said this to the states like Pennsylvania, Georgia and so many others.” We needed multiple voter lists, and I think the US Congress should have argued about it from then on.”

Crucially, this was exactly Trump's plan: create doubt about Joe Biden's legitimate victory, create fraudulent “alternative” voter lists – many of which were later prosecuted – and then pressure Congress to overturn the election results in Trump's favor.

But on Tuesday, when asked about Jan. 6, Vance changed the subject and talked about online censorship. He gave a cursory answer to the question, saying: “What President Trump has said is that there were problems in 2020, and I believe that we should argue about these issues, discuss these issues peacefully in public, and that.” is everything.” I said it, and that's all Donald Trump said.

This involves both Vance's own comments and Trump's months-long effort to cultivate a mob to overturn the results of a legitimate election.