Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) contended during the vice presidential debate on Thursday that censorship poses a “threat to democracy” and his Democratic Party rivals do not want to discuss it.
CBS News journalist Nora O’Donnell, a moderator in the debate, asked Vance if he would seek to challenge the results of the 2024 election after suggesting he would not have certified the last presidential contest without alternate electors.
Vance argued that he and his running mate, former President Donald Trump, are “focused on the future.” He discussed unwinding the “inflation crisis” as an example.
Getting to the question at hand, Vance noted how Trump drew attention to “problems” in the 2020 election. Vance also said his personal stance was to debate those concerns “peacefully in the public square.”
After giving a reminder that Trump himself urged his supporters on January 6, 2021 — the day a Capitol riot disrupted the certification of the 2020 presidential election results — to “protest peacefully,” Vance turned his focus toward the current administration.