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A viral clip of JD Vance claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election and saying he wouldn't concede if the former president lost in 2024 is resurfacing online

JD Vance claimed this in a viral clip Donald Trump won that Election 2020 and said he would not back down if the former president lost in 2024.

The 2022 Republican vice presidential candidate was questioned by comedian Jason Selvig about who actually won the 2020 election in a video now making the rounds on X Twitter.

Selvig, known to fans for his street interviews, followed Vance around and repeatedly asked him if Trump won the 2020 election Choice.

“Who won the 2020 election? Could you just answer? Did Donald Trump win?' Selvig asked Vance as he walked.

Vance replied, “Yes,” prompting Selvig to confirm what he had heard. “He won?” the comedian asked, to which Vance replied, “Yes.”

In the viral clip from 2022, Jason Selvig was seen asking JD Vance if Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election, to which he replied “yes.”

Vance also refused to answer Selvig's question about whether he would concede if Kamala Harris won the 2024 election. Pictured: Vance speaks at a rally on the grounds of Berlin Raceway on October 2 in Marne, Michigan

Vance also refused to answer Selvig's question about whether he would concede if Kamala Harris won the 2024 election. Pictured: Vance speaks at a rally on the grounds of Berlin Raceway on October 2 in Marne, Michigan

Selvig continued, asking the senator if he would concede if “your opponent got more votes.”

But Vance refused to answer and instead told Selvig that he felt sorry for him before walking into another room after dodging the question.

The resurfaced clip comes after Vance said during Tuesday night's debate that he helped with Trump's “alternative electors” plan to overturn the election.

Vance refused to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election during Tuesday's debate and did so again on Wednesday when pressed on it during a campaign rally in Michigan.

This comes after a 165-page court filing from special counsel Jack Smith's team was unsealed on Wednesday, giving a glimpse of the evidence and testimony prosecutors plan to present in the case alleging Trump was involved in an illegal plot to overturn the 2020 election accused will ever come to court.

The Republican presidential candidate insisted he had done nothing illegal and called the case an attempt to jeopardize his bid to retake the White House in November.

Trump's lawyers, who pushed for the case to be dropped, will now have the opportunity to respond to prosecutors' claims in court.

Prosecutors accuse Trump of laying the foundation for his illegal scheme long before Election Day. In the months leading up to it, he refused to say whether he would accept the results, suggesting he could only lose if there was fraud.

Three days before the election, a Trump political adviser told a group of supporters that the then-president would “declare himself the winner” regardless of the outcome, prosecutors said.

“It doesn’t mean he’s the winner, he’s just going to say he’s the winner,” the adviser said.

Trump “did exactly that” immediately after the election, prosecutors said.

Then, in the days after the election, Trump's allies tried to “wreak havoc” at polling stations where votes were still being counted, Smith's team claims.

When a campaign official was told about a series of votes in Detroit that appeared to be heavily in favor of President Joe Biden, the aide told a colleague to “find a reason” that was wrong and “give me the opportunity to have one.” to file a lawsuit.” '

When the colleague suggested there would be unrest, the campaign staffer responded, “Let them riot” and “Do it!!!” according to the filing.

“The details don’t matter,” Trump told an adviser.

Special Counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment against former President Donald Trump in Washington on August 1, 2023

Special Counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment against former President Donald Trump in Washington on August 1, 2023

The Vance clip comes after a 165-page court filing was unsealed Wednesday that gave a glimpse of the evidence and testimony prosecutors plan to present in the case accusing Trump of an illegal plot to overturn the 2020 election , ever comes to court. Pictured: Trump wraps up a rally at Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw, Michigan, on October 3

The Vance clip comes after a 165-page court filing was unsealed Wednesday that gave a glimpse of the evidence and testimony prosecutors plan to present in the case accusing Trump of an illegal plot to overturn the 2020 election , ever comes to court. Pictured: Trump wraps up a rally at Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw, Michigan, on October 3

Prosecutors are trying to show that Trump knew his election fraud claims were false because many around him told him there was no fraud and that he had actually lost the election.

Prosecutors say Trump disregarded those assurances as well as “dozens of court decisions that unanimously rejected the legal claims of him and his allies.”

In a key moment detailed in the filing, prosecutors say a lawyer who represented Trump during his first impeachment trial told Trump that his election fraud allegations would not hold up in court.

Trump responded: “The details don’t matter,” prosecutors said.

Prosecutors say they will present evidence showing that Trump and his allies “made up numbers out of thin air” about voter fraud and detail how they made their baseless claims about the number of non-citizens voting in Arizona , have changed repeatedly.

One of the most revealing sections of the filing details the relentless pressure campaign that Trump and his allies waged against Pence. It began well before Election Day and lasted until the final minutes of the certification of President Joe Biden's victory on January 6, 2021.

While most of the details of the former president's failed attempts to get his vice president to reject Biden's electoral votes are well-documented, Smith's latest report offers an even more detailed look at the disconnect between the two men that prosecutors say is imperative While the other clung to power, the other struggled to maintain its unwavering allegiance to the Constitution.

When news organizations called the election for Biden on Nov. 7, Pence saw it as an opportunity to “encourage as a friend” Trump and remind him that he “breathed new life into a moribund political party,” prosecutors wrote.

A few days later, as Trump and his allies were still considering strategies to overcome defeat, Pence reiterated that the next presidential election in 2024 was “not so far away.”

On Dec. 28, when Pence refused to support the various legal cases pursued by Trump and his close allies in Congress, the filing says Trump told his vice president that “hundreds of thousands” of people hate “your guts” and “people.” I'll think you're stupid.' He added: “You’re too honest.”

This went on for days until the two men met in person one last time before January 6th.

The Oval Office meeting on the eve of certification is viewed by prosecutors as one of Trump's final efforts to privately encourage Pence to keep him in power, telling him again that he “has the power to revoke the certification.” “, are the results.

“When Pence remained unmoved, the defendant threatened to publicly criticize him,” the filing states.

“I have to say, you’ve done a great disservice,” Trump said.

Pence forwarded this comment to a member of his team, who viewed it as a direct threat, to the point that he alerted Pence's intelligence division.

“So what?” Trump said when he learned that Pence had been brought to safety.

When Trump's supporters began attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 to stop the counting of electoral votes, an aide rushed over and told Trump that Pence had been taken to a safe location.

The adviser hoped Trump would “take action to ensure Pence’s safety,” prosecutors wrote. Instead, Trump's only response was, “So what?” prosecutors allege.

Prosecutors say they will present “forensic evidence” from Trump's cellphone and witness statements to show how Trump spent the afternoon of Jan. 6 on Twitter, watching television coverage of the insurrection while his aides urged him to make a public statement to suppress the violence.

“Instead, the defendant repeatedly refused until his counselors gave up and left him alone in the dining room,” prosecutors wrote.

Alone in the dining room, Trump then sent a tweet attacking Pence for not having the “courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our Constitution by allowing states to to confirm a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate statements that they previously had to confirm.'

A rioter with a megaphone read Trump's tweet about Pence to the crowd trying to enter the Capitol, prosecutors said.

Only after advisers renewed calls for Trump to do something about the unrest did he send a tweet urging his followers to support law enforcement and “stay peaceful,” prosecutors wrote.