Former President Donald Trump’s nominee, Senator. JD Vanceexpressed confidence in Georgia’s election security on Sunday, contrasting Trump’s recent attacks on Republican state officials Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
In an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Vance pressed on how comfortable he is with the progress the Republican National Committee and Republican-led states are making to ensure a fair election in November, as Trump continues to cast doubt on the election. Legitimacy of the 2020 election results.
Vance pointed to Georgia voter ID requirementsit makes the battleground state’s elections “safer,” he said.
“I think we have some good court cases across the country, some good legal changes,” he said. “The RNC has been more aggressive on this issue in 2024 than in 2020.”
“The basic principle here is that the vote of every American citizen should count. But if you’re not an American citizen and you’re not a legal voter, your vote shouldn’t count, right?” he added. “It’s kind of common sense that the Republican Party believes in.”
There’s Vance repeatedly sounded He argued that Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was rigged were baseless and that lawmakers would have legitimate reasons to fight the results. At that time, Trump and his allies raised a number of claims Attempts to overturn the 2020 election results, but none succeeded due to lack of evidence.
Ahead of the 2024 election, the Trump campaign and RNC have committed to recruiting 100,000 volunteers and advocates. monitoring votes in war zone states.
One post On the Truth social platform on Saturday, Trump criticized Kemp and Raffensperger, who both fought against Trump’s attempts to legitimize the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump wrote that Raffensperger “must do his job” and “make sure this election is not stolen” and told Kemp to “focus his efforts on fighting crime, not fighting the Union and the Republican party.”
Trump tweeted, referring to Kemp’s Democratic challenger in the 2018 and 2022 Georgia gubernatorial races: “He should seek UNITY, not REVENGE, especially since he endorsed him and would never have defeated Stacey Abrams without him.” competition.
Trump on the phone with Kemp a few weeks after losing to Joe Biden in the 2020 election He tried to put pressure on Kemp Calling a special session of the state Legislature to overturn Biden’s narrow victory in the state.
On January 2, 2021 Trump also called RaffenspergerRepublican urges Georgia’s top election official to “find” votes to overturn Biden’s battleground victory.
Kemp pushed back on Trump’s attacks Send to X later Saturday, he said he was focused on winning in November and “riding our country of Kamala Harris and the Democrats — not engaging in petty personal insults, attacking Republicans or dwelling on the past.”
“Mr. President, you should do the same and leave my family out of this,” he wrote.
Raffensperger also denied In another post, Trump attacked X, saying the state’s election was “safe.”
“The winner here in November will reflect the will of the people. History has taught us that such messages do not sell well in Georgia, sir,” he wrote.
Last year there were Trump and 18 defendants accused of racketeering Regarding Trump’s efforts to overcome his defeat in the 2020 elections in Georgia. Trump has pleaded not guilty in this case. The Court of Appeal of Georgia made such a decision stopped working at least until October.
Jane C. Timm contributed.