Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Friday repeated former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election lie on are living tv and won a brief, sharp truth test in reaction.
Gaetz, all over an interview with anchor Bob Solarski on northwest Florida ABC-affiliate WEAR-TV, echoed Trump’s baseless claims of stolen votes and electoral corruption together with his declaration that Trump used to be the real victor over Democratic rival Joe Biden.
“So, you’re nonetheless keeping up the 2020 election used to be stolen? Are we nonetheless going with that?” Solarski requested Gaetz.
“Concentrate, I consider that Donald Trump received the 2020 election. I consider that he received the Electoral Faculty,” Gaetz answered, even if Trump obviously didn’t win both the preferred vote or the Electoral Faculty.
Solarski countered: “You’ll be able to’t say that with out announcing there used to be a big conspiracy throughout this nation and supervisors and election places of work to make this occur and we haven’t nonetheless noticed any proof that proves that.”