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In new interview, JD Vance dodges questions about Trump’s 2020 defeat

The US vice presidential candidate brushed aside scrutiny of Trump’s record of election denialism, calling it an ‘obsession’.

United States Senator JD Vance already raised eyebrows at last week’s vice presidential debate, when he refused to acknowledge that his running mate, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, lost the 2020 election.

But Vance has continued to skirt the issue, most recently during a podcast interview with The New York Times.

In excerpts released on Friday, Vance ducked questions about Trump’s 2020 defeat no less than five times, according to the newspaper.

“There’s an obsession here with focusing on 2020,” Vance told the podcast, The Interview, slated to air on Saturday. “I’m much more worried about what happened after 2020, which is a wide-open border, groceries that are unaffordable.”