CNN —South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott on Sunday refused to say whether he would have certified the 2020 election results if he were vice president at the time, breaking with other high-profile Trump allies whose names have been floated as potential 2024 vice president picks. 1, and I didn’t know that I was a vice president hopeful. Vance of Ohio, have said they would not have certified the 2020 election results had they been Trump’s vice president, despite no evidence of fraud. With Trump still considering his potential GOP vice president pick, Republican lawmakers are looking to place themselves in the former president’s good graces by reviving false claims about the 2020 election. Scott voted to certify the 2020 election in the Senate and said in August, as a presidential candidate, that former Vice President Mike Pence “absolutely” did the right thing in certifying the results.

Source: CNN February 18, 2024 17:19 UTC