JD Vance labeled 'liar' for comparing GOP's election denial claims to violent 1876 general election

COLUMBUS, OHIO: During an interview with The New York Times, Sen JD Vance (R-OH), a close ally of former President Donald Trump and a potential contender to be his 2024 running mate, drew a comparison between the ex-POTUS’s claims of election fraud and the contentious, racially-charged, violent US general election in 1876.

Per Raw Story, the MAGA-aligned lawmaker expressed his frustration over the dismissal of his party’s objections related to the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement, claiming that “this very legitimate grievance over our most fundamental democratic act as a people, and completely suppress[ing] concerns about it.”

In doing so, he likened the situation to the 1876 election dispute.

“Here’s what this would’ve looked like if you really wanted to do this,” the Ohio Republican explained. “You would’ve actually tried to go to the states that had problems. You would try to marshal alternative slates of electors, like they did in the election of 1876. And then you have to actually prosecute that case, you have to make an argument to the American people.”

How did the New York Times rebut Sen JD Vance’s outrageous assertion?

The New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie was enraged by Ohio GOP Senator JD Vance's appalling comparison.

“Let’s look at what happened in 1876,” Bouie wrote in response to Sen Vance’s claims.

“In that race, the Democrat, Gov Samuel Tilden of New York, won a majority of the national popular vote but fell one vote short of a majority in the Electoral College. The Republican, Rutherford Hayes, was well behind in both. The trouble was 20 electoral votes in four states: Florida, Louisiana, Oregon and South Carolina.

“In the three Southern states, where the elections were marred by fraud, violence and anti-Black intimidation, officials from both parties certified rival slates of electors.

"Hayes believed, probably correctly, that had there been 'a fair election in the South, our electoral vote would reach two hundred and that we should have a large popular majority.' Had Blacks been allowed to vote, the election result would likely have been overturned,” he wrote.

The dispute sparked months of court battles and a threat by Democrats to capture a statehouse by force.

“It is strange for Senator Vance to cite it as an example of what should have been done in 2020,” Bouie argued.

“The big and most important reason is that there was actual fraud and violence and intimidation in the 1876 presidential election cycle. In one incident in Hamburg, SC, a paramilitary death squad of white Democrats — called Red Shirts for their attire — stormed a local armory and kidnapped more than two dozen Black citizens, executing several men on the spot.”

Bouie further stated, “If Trump voters had been attacked, intimidated and defrauded, then there might be reason to make the comparison with 1876 and demand a serious investigation into the integrity of the vote.

“But as we know from actual litigation carried out over two months, there was no fraud to speak of. The 2020 presidential election was arguably the most secure — and among the most scrutinized — in American history.

"What Vance calls the “legitimate grievances” of the Jan 6 rioters were actually sour grapes. They lost, they did not like it, and they were determined to change the outcome by any means necessary. There’s no reason any of us should respect their tantrum," he remarked in conclusion.

Internet shreds JD Vance for comparing GOP's election denial claims to 1876 elections

One X user remarked, "TP, I will Never understand how this guy got from Point A, what he came from, to Point B, where he stands today Never, Never, Never."

Another user asked, "Isn't he one of those who want to reinstate the military draft?"

Another user claimed, "These psychos learn this s**t from the twisted scholars at the Heritage Foundation and the Federalists Society. Then they send these clown a**es out into the real world to repeat their made up s**t and they usually look stupid in the end."

One X user wrote, "Ignorant uneducated Seditionist loudmouth liar."

Another user said, "J.D. Vance wants a white supremacist dictatorship."

A user tweeted, "It pains me that this eyeliner wearing f**k and I, both served in the same branch."

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