{"id":1036754,"date":"2024-07-01T15:19:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T15:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1036754"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:19:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T15:19:29","slug":"trumps-maga-veepstakes-vp-contenders-support-trumps-day-one-dictator-dreams-to-attack-our-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-maga-veepstakes-vp-contenders-support-trumps-day-one-dictator-dreams-to-attack-our-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s MAGA Veepstakes: VP Contenders Support Trump\u2019s \u201cDay One\u201d Dictator Dreams to Attack Our Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Following the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Trump v. United States, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump is a convicted felon, and his VP contenders think he should be able to do whatever he wants \u2013 whether it\u2019s pledging to be a dictator on \u2018day one,\u2019 ripping away our freedoms, or threatening our democracy. Trump\u2019s potential running mates have made clear they will desperately stand by his side as he spews election denial lies, promises to pardon January 6 insurrectionists, and refuses to commit to accepting this year\u2019s election results. The stakes of November could not be higher, and voters will stop Trump and whichever MAGA extremist he runs with from carrying out their dystopian, anti-American vision to threaten our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump wants an election denier to be his running mate, and his VP contenders are desperately parroting his lies and refusing to commit to accepting this November\u2019s election results.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cBurgum<\/strong>, like other contenders, has declined to comment on whether he would accept the 2024 election results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201c[J.D. Vance<\/strong>] said he would accept a Biden win only if he considered the election to be legitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cSenator Marco Rubio<\/strong> of Florida, who has been floated as a possible running mate for former President Donald J. Trump, on Sunday refused to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 presidential election and repeated conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cSen. Tim Scott<\/strong> (R-S.C.) was pressed at least six times in a TV interview Sunday on whether he would accept this November\u2019s results. He repeatedly declined to do so\u2026 He continued to evade the question even as the interviewer, NBC News\u2019s Kristen Welker, reminded him that a \u2018hallmark of our democracy is that both candidates agree to a peaceful transfer of power.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cIn an appearance on NBC News\u2019 \u2018Meet the Press\u2019 in January, Stefanik<\/strong> declined to commit to accepting the 2024 election results. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Coates, CNN<\/a>: \u201cWill you accept the results of the 2024 election regardless of who wins, yes or no?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben Carson<\/strong>: \u201cI will accept the results if it\u2019s done in a fair and transparent way\u2026 let me put it this way: In the 2020 election, there were a lot of irregularities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abby Phillip, CNN<\/a>: \u201cIf Donald Trump loses the election in 2024, will you accept the results of that election?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Byron Donalds<\/strong>: \u201cMy answer has been very clear on this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillip: \u201cIt\u2019s a yes or no question.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donalds: *refuses to commit to accepting the results*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillip: \u201cSo your answer is conditional on\u2013 based on?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donalds: \u201cMy answer is always conditional.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cSen. Tom Cotton<\/strong> Says He\u2019ll Accept 2024 Election Results\u2014With a Condition\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Meny, 2 News Nevada<\/a>: \u201cDo you have any regrets about picking Mike Pence as your vice president? And what will you do differently this time around when you\u2019re vetting your VP?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cMike did a good job until the end when he didn’t have the courage to do what you have to do. \u2026 if he did that, I believe you would have had different election results.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cNone of these potential vice presidential picks have committed to accepting the 2024 election results, whether Trump wins or loses.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTop Republicans, led by Trump, refuse to commit to accept 2024 election results\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe question has become something of a litmus test, particularly among the long list of possible running mates for Trump. \u2026<\/strong> The GOP\u2019s desire to appease Trump\u2019s fixation on 2020 now appears to loom over his search for a running mate.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSNBC<\/a>: \u201cPotential GOP running mates hedge on accepting election results\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cTrump and his allies will want a VP pick that is more willing to comply with the former president’s wishes<\/strong>, which former Vice President Pence rejected by certifying the 2020 results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s potential running mates have also downplayed his role in the January 6 insurrection and whitewashed the violence of that day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance<\/strong> says he is \u2018skeptical\u2019 Pence\u2019s life was in danger on Jan. 6\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirsten Welker, NBC<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump has yet to concede. Is that not undemocratic? Particularly for someone who is running to be the leader of this country and the free world again?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doug Burgum<\/strong>: \u201cDonald Trump at the end of his term on January 20, left the White House, we had a smooth transition [after the 2020 election].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welker: \u201cJanuary 6 was not exactly a smooth transition, governor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burgum: \u201cWell I think we have to say that there was a smooth transition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek<\/a>: \u201c\u2018There was no way they were going to overthrow the government,\u2019 said Rubio<\/strong>. \u2026 \u2018I also do not think people should be misled to think this somehow was on the verge of overthrowing the government.\u2019 Rubio also explained another reason why the events of January 6 should not be considered an insurrection. That was because Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election eventually resumed after protesters broke into the Capitol building.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Scott<\/strong><\/a>: \u201c99 percent of the people who showed up were there to exercise their First Amendment rights. What I said then is what I’ll say now. I don’t hold those people at harm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cElise Stefanik<\/strong> calls Jan. 6 defendants ‘hostages’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Astead W. Herndon, New York Times<\/a>: \u201cDo you see [Trump\u2019s] rhetoric as at least connected to the events that happened on January 6, even if you don\u2019t see them affecting trust in the democratic system overall?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Byron Donalds<\/strong>: \u201cNo, I don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cNoem<\/strong> defends Trump legacy, deflects blame for Capitol mob\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roll Call<\/a>: \u201cSen. Tom Cotton<\/strong> of Arkansas consistently has staked out a tough-on-crime stance during his time in the Senate, but he and other congressional Republicans have sided with the defendants in a Supreme Court case about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben Carson<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cI think it would have been appropriate, perhaps, to look at all of the alternative theories seriously because there was significant controversy about what had happened in the election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cVivek Ramaswamy<\/strong> promotes Jan. 6 conspiracy theory by suggesting it was \u2018an inside job\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cTulsi Gabbard<\/strong> slams the Jan 6 hearings: It’s ‘political interest’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s VP contenders have stood by him as he spewed shameful rhetoric that echoes dictators.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cVance<\/strong> slams \u2018poisoning our blood\u2019 comparisons between Trump comments, Nazis\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018[Trump] said illegal immigrants were poisoning the blood of this country, which is objectively and obviously true\u2019… Vance<\/strong> said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida Politics<\/a>: \u201cMarco Rubio<\/strong> defends Donald Trump remarks that immigrants are \u2018poisoning the blood\u2019 of the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cStefanik<\/strong> silent after Trump says immigrants are ‘poisoning the blood’ of US\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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