J.D. Vance Says Trump Was Right to Try to Steal the Election, Because of Twitter

The reason J.D. Vance has a chance to become vice-president of the United States is that, unlike Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s running mate on his two previous campaigns, he’s willing to repeat Trump’s false claim to have won the 2020 election. His support for the Big Lie is the essential act that has thrust him into his upward trajectory.

But Vance knows perfectly well that Trump did legitimately lose the 2020 election. And unlike Trump...